CARDS AND DICE

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🎲 DICE-ONLY GAMES (Using Standard 6-Sided Dice)

1. Pig (1 die)

Players: 2+
Goal: Reach 100 points.
How to Play:

• On your turn, roll the die.
• If it’s 2–6, add it to your turn total and choose to roll again or “hold” (keep points).
• If you roll a 1, you lose all points from this turn and end your turn.
• First to 100 wins.

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2. Beat That! (2 dice)

Players: 2+
Goal: Make the highest number.
How to Play:

• Roll 2 dice. Form the biggest 2-digit number (e.g., roll 3 and 6 → 63).
• Highest number wins the round.

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3. Cee-Lo (3 dice)

Players: 2+
Goal: Roll better than your opponents.
How to Play:

• Aim for:
  • 4-5-6 = automatic win
  • 1-2-3 = automatic loss
  • Triples = higher triple wins (e.g., 3-3-3 beats 2-2-2)
  • Pair + another = single counts (5-5-2 → 2)
• Highest single wins if no one gets better.

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4. Ship, Captain, and Crew (5 dice)

Players: 2+
Goal: Roll a 6 (ship), 5 (captain), 4 (crew) in order, then highest cargo (remaining 2 dice).
How to Play:

• Roll up to 3 times.
• You must roll and “keep” 6 first, then 5, then 4.
• Remaining 2 dice = cargo.
• Highest cargo wins.

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5. Liar’s Dice (1 die + cup per player)

Players: 2+
Goal: Bluff or catch a bluff.
How to Play:

• Everyone rolls and hides their die.
• Take turns guessing how many total of a face (e.g., “three 4s”).
• Next player must raise or call “liar.”
• Reveal and check. Loser loses a die (if playing with more dice).

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6. Farkle (6 dice)

Players: 2+
Goal: Reach 10,000 points.
How to Play:

• On your turn, roll 6 dice.
• Score combos: 1 = 100 pts, 5 = 50 pts, 3 of a kind = 100×face value (except 1s = 1000), etc.
• Keep scoring dice and reroll rest.
• If you score nothing, it’s a Farkle — lose turn.
• Hold or risk rerolling.

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7. Yahtzee (5 dice)

Players: 1+
Goal: Score best combinations.
How to Play:

• Roll 3 times per turn, choosing which dice to keep.
• Score in categories: three-of-a-kind, full house, small straight, Yahtzee (5 of a kind), etc.
• One entry per category.
• Highest total score wins.

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🃏 CARD-ONLY GAMES (Standard 52-card Deck)

1. War

Players: 2
Goal: Win all the cards.
How to Play:

• Split deck evenly.
• Each player flips top card. Higher card wins both.
• Tie = “war”: place 3 down, 1 up. Winner takes all.

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2. Snap

Players: 2+
Goal: Win all the cards.
How to Play:

• Take turns flipping top card into a pile.
• If two consecutive cards match, yell “Snap!” first to win pile.

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3. Go Fish

Players: 2–5
Goal: Collect sets of 4.
How to Play:

• Ask others for cards (“Do you have any 7s?”)
• If yes, they give them to you; if no, you “go fish” (draw).
• Form sets of 4 cards.
• Most sets wins.

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4. Old Maid

Players: 2–6
Goal: Avoid the unmatched card.
How to Play:

• Remove one queen.
• Deal all cards.
• Discard pairs.
• Take turns drawing from the next player’s hand.
• Person left with odd card (Old Maid) loses.

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5. Cheat / I Doubt It

Players: 3+
Goal: Get rid of all cards.
How to Play:

• Play face-down cards and say the rank (e.g., “two 7s”).
• Others can challenge by saying “cheat!”
• If you lied, pick up pile; if not, challenger does.

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6. Crazy Eights

Players: 2–4
Goal: Get rid of all cards.
How to Play:

• Match top card of discard pile by number or suit.
• Play an 8 to change suit.
• Draw if you can’t play.

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7. Blackjack

Players: 2+
Goal: Get as close to 21 without going over.
How to Play:

• Face cards = 10, Ace = 1 or 11.
• Each player vs dealer.
• “Hit” (draw) or “stand” (stay).
• Over 21 = bust. Closest to 21 wins.

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8. Memory / Concentration

Players: 1+
Goal: Match pairs.
How to Play:

• Lay cards face down.
• Flip two per turn. Match = keep them.
• Most matches wins.

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9. Speed / Spit

Players: 2
Goal: Get rid of cards fast.
How to Play:

• Both play simultaneously onto center piles.
• Play cards that are 1 higher or lower.
• Draw from personal pile when needed.

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10. President / Asshole

Players: 4–7
Goal: Get rid of all cards.
How to Play:

• Play cards equal or higher than last played.
• Clear pile if no one can play.
• Next round: ranks determine seating and card passing.

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11. Rummy

Players: 2–4
Goal: Form sets and runs.
How to Play:

• Draw, discard each turn.
• Meld 3+ cards of a kind or in sequence.
• First to discard all wins.

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12. Gin Rummy

Players: 2
Goal: Form melds and go “gin.”
How to Play:

• Same as Rummy but only 2 players.
• Knock (end round) if deadwood (non-meld cards) ≤ 10.

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13. Hearts

Players: 4
Goal: Avoid hearts and Queen of Spades.
How to Play:

• Trick-taking game.
• Most hearts/Queen = penalty points.
• First to 100 loses; lowest wins.

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14. Spades

Players: 4 (teams)
Goal: Win tricks based on bids.
How to Play:

• Bid how many tricks you’ll win.
• Spades trump all suits.
• Score based on success/failure.

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15. Bridge

Players: 4 (teams)
Goal: Win tricks based on contract.
How to Play:

• Complex bidding and play.
• Trick-taking with partnership and deep strategy.

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🎲 DICE-ONLY GAMES (using standard 6-sided dice)

1. Yahtzee
   • 5 dice
   • Make combinations like full house, straights, etc.
2. Farkle
   • 6 dice
   • Push-your-luck game based on scoring certain combinations.
3. Pig
   • 1 die
   • Simple race to 100 points; press your luck or hold.
4. Ship, Captain, and Crew
   • 5 dice
   • Get a 6 (ship), 5 (captain), and 4 (crew) in order, then roll for cargo.
5. Liar’s Dice
   • 1 or more dice per player and cups
   • Bluffing game, trying to guess how many of a certain number were rolled.
6. Beat That!
   • 2 dice
   • Players roll and form highest 2-digit number possible.
7. Cee-Lo
   • 3 dice
   • Gambling/street dice game with fixed win/loss conditions.
8. Ten Thousand / Greed
   • Like Farkle, scoring to reach 10,000.

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🃏 CARD-ONLY GAMES (using standard 52-card deck)

1. Poker (many types: Texas Hold’em, Five Card Draw, etc.)
2. Rummy / Gin Rummy
3. Hearts
4. Spades
5. Bridge
6. Euchre
7. Pinochle (needs modified deck)
8. Blackjack
9. Crazy Eights (Uno-like with regular cards)
10. War
11. Solitaire (many variations)
12. Go Fish
13. Old Maid (with one odd card)
14. Snap
15. Speed / Spit
16. President / Asshole
17. Cheat / I Doubt It
18. Memory / Concentration

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🎯 BONUS: Mixed or Improvised (Cards + Dice)

If you want to create your own or hybrid games, you can use:

• Cards as “missions” or random events.
• Dice as damage, movement, or modifiers in a homebrew RPG/card battle game.

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