Simple card games: the Ken pile, Fives, Pig herding, Binoculars and Bubble

Sometimes, when you just want to play simple games without too much fuss, you can try simple card games, which are just as much fun. These games don't require a perfect strategy or special calculations, just relax and have fun with your friends or even alone!
Simple card games

Even 5 different and very simple card gamesthat you will learn and relearn quickly and easily. No need for notes, just grab a deck of cards.

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Ken Kupe

"Ken Kupe is a very simple game, much loved by children and appreciated not only for its simple rules, but also for the opportunity to demonstrate quick reactions and judgement, and to use the secret contract signs of your own devising to make the game even more fun.

How to play?

Played with a 52-card firewood deck. The game can be played by 4-8 players in pairs. The aim is to collect four cards of the same rank and to announce them to your opponent by secret signs, in order to avoid being noticed by your opponent.

First, the players are divided into pairs and each pair agrees on their secret sign, e.g. a nose, a wink, a thumb, a head nod, etc. Then, after a careful shuffle, each player is dealt 4 cards and 6 additional cards are placed face up on the table. When the dealer announces the start of the game, the players try to make a set of four cards of the same denomination from the cards they have and those on the table - 4 kings, 4 deuces, etc. If successful, they must announce it to their partner with the agreed sign. The playmate must shout "Ken Kupe!" when this is noticed. If the other players notice the secret sign, they must shout "Coupe!" and the matched pair loses.

Ken Coupe

Fives

Fives is a bit like a traditional game - "Donkey", but the latter collects letters, while the latter collects minus points. Fives is a very fun and easy game that can be played by even the youngest card lovers.

How to play?

Played with a 32-card firewood deck. The usual order of rank is Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten, Nine, Eight and Seven. The game can be played by 3, 4 or 5 players.

The cards are then dealt in a clockwise circle. The dealer shuffles the cards thoroughly, passes them to the player on the right and deals 1 card to everyone in the circle until the entire deck of cards is exhausted. If there are 3 or 5 players, 2 cards are played, which are then turned face up on the table and used in the next game.

How the game works:

The game starts with the player to the dealer's left, who places any card he wants on the table, such as the nine of hearts. The player with the highest ranking card in the row places it on top (the ten of hearts), then the player with the next highest ranking card (the jack of hearts) moves up the row. Play continues until an ace is discarded. The last player to start the next game again places any card, e.g. he has a seven of hearts and the turn ends with an eight of hearts. Whoever keeps a close eye on the cards and the game can win very easily and discard his cards quickly. For example, if he still has a seven of wines in his hand and knows that all the wines have already been discarded, when it is his turn to be the first to discard a card, it is discarded, the turn is immediately ended and he is allowed to go again.

One important point is that, to prevent players from losing track of which cards have already been discarded, each 5-card pile is turned over and set aside. To make sure that players don't forget which card is the fifth card, they have to say the numbers one, two, three, four and five in turn when they place their card. In this case, do not mix up the cards and the number sequence!

Note! When more players are playing and 2 cards are played and it is their turn to rank, these cards can be placed in position by any player. If this card was an Ace, the new turn starts with the remaining card on the table. If there are no cards left on the table, the next player starts the turn.

The game ends when there is only one player left with at least one card. That player is considered the loser of the game and is awarded 1 minus point for each card remaining in his hand. The game is usually played to 15 or 20 points and the player with the lowest score is the winner.

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A very simple card game - Herding Pigs

A very short and fun game, usually decided by luck.

Played with a 52-card deck. 2 or more players can graze the pigs.

All the cards are turned over and spread on the table. A player chooses one card and places it on the table. The player to his right must find a card of the same rank and place it on top. If no matching card is found, all cards are yours! It's interesting, and sometimes even angry, because you can collect almost the whole deck of cardsJ. When you find the right card, you choose one card from the cards in your hand to place on top. Sometimes it happens that the second card is found immediately, so the third card is taken from the total pile of cards face down.  

The winner of the game is the player who, at the end of all the cards dealt on the table, has no cards in his hand. The remaining players count how many cards they have left in their hands. The number of card eyes becomes important in this case, as it tells the loser how many years and how many foals he will have to herd. The number of cards refers to the years, and the number of hearts refers to the pigs!

Binoculars

"Binoculars is a German card game. Due to the special combinations and the number of points, the game is a bit like "One thousand", but simpler and shorter.

How to play?

Binoculars is played with 48 cards - 2 decks of 24 cards each. The game can be played with 2, 3 or 4 players. The usual order of rank of the cards is: Ace with 11 eyes, Ten of 10 eyes, King with 4 eyes, Queen with 3 eyes, Jack with 2 eyes and Nine of 0 cards.

The dealer carefully shuffles the cards and if there are 2 players, they are dealt 12 cards each, if 3, 8, and if 4, 6. The next card is turned over and placed on the table, indicating the type of trumps. An important nuance is that the trump nine has a special power in this game - if it is discarded, the dealer immediately scores 10 points.

The remaining deck of cards is placed across the trump board. The player to the left of the dealer starts the game by discarding the chosen card. The next player has the task of cutting off that card to gain the right to throw the card. The cut may be made with a higher ranking card of any suit, or, if none is available, with trumps. After each cut, players must take one card from the community deck (the first to take a card is the player who won the cut). When there are no cards left on the table, the picks are made only with cards of the same family or trumps. The player who takes the last pick of the hand scores 10 points.

Special combinations

Once a player has taken the first pick, he can declare special combinations in the next game and get a very large amount of points for them! Once the hand is declared - placed on the table - it does not go back to the rank, but continues to be played face up. When there are no more cards left in the community pile on the table, the players take the face-up cards back into their hands and no more hands can be declared in further play.

Binocularsconsisting of a queen of spades and a drum roll worth 40 eyes.

Double binoculars - both queens of spades and both valets of spades are worth 120 eyes.

Large binoculars - the king of spades, the queen of spades and the jack of diamonds are worth 180 eyes.

Quint - trumps ace, ten, king, queen and jack - 150 eyes.

Eights – 8 aces are worth 1000 eyes, 8 kings are worth 800 eyes, 8 queens are worth 600 eyes and 8 jacks are worth 400 eyes.

Quartets - All cards are of different suits: 4 aces - 100 of diamonds, 4 kings - 80 of diamonds, 4 queens - 60 of diamonds, 4 jacks - 40 of diamonds.

The scoring must be done carefully and all combinations kept in mind. Play continues until a player has 1000 eyes. During the game, each player mentally counts his/her points and, when he/she gets close to the required amount, announces it loudly to his/her opponents and wins the game.

Bubbles

And another card game that will burst time like a soap bubble!

How to play?a simple card game - bubble

"Bubble is played with a 32-card wood if 2 or 3 players are playing, or a 52-card wood if 4 or more are playing.

The descending order of rank is Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten, Nine, Eight and Seven. Well, if there are more than 4 players, sixes, fives, fours, threes and twos are added.

The dealer of the cards shall be chosen by lot. The cards are shuffled thoroughly, passed to the player on the right and dealt to everyone. The number of players determines how many cards are dealt - it is important that there are fewer cards than there are players and that everyone has an equal number of cards. For example, if there are 2 players, 2 cards should be left, if there are 3 players, 2 cards should be left, if there are 4 players, 1 card should be left, etc. The remaining cards are put aside.

The player to the left of the dealer starts the game by discarding any card of his choice. Subsequent players discard cards from the same family. The highest ranked player wins the die and puts the winning card aside. These cards are no longer in play. The turn then goes to the player who won the draw. When a player does not have a card from the same family, any card is discarded to the pile, but the player may have to take the whole pile into his own hand. If more than one player has placed cards of a different suit, the first player to place a different card has the turn.

Examples:

  • 1 player throws a wine deuce
  • Player 2 rolls a Queen of Wines
  • Player 3 throws an ace of wines
  • Player 4 throws a seven of wines

All players dealt wine-coloured cards, with the highest card being Player 3's card. Therefore, Player 3 places a pick in the pile and is awarded the turn.

  • 1 player throws a six of clubs
  • Player 2 throws a Queen of clubs
  • 3 player wine sevens
  • 4 player queen of clubs
  • 5 player drum five

Players 3 and 5 throw cards of a different suit, but the cards go to player 3 because he was the first to throw a non-cross card. He also gets a turn to throw any other card. This expands the player's card pile like a soap bubble!

The game ends when a player has discarded all his cards. All other players are awarded 1 penalty point for each card remaining in their hand. Usually the game is played to 50 points and whoever is first to reach that number loses and the player with the least penalty points is declared the winner.  

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