Black Jack (card game)

Infobox CardGame
title = Black Jack
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alt_names = Blackjack
type = Shedding-type
players = 2-5
ages =
rank = A K Q J
num_cards = 52
deck = Anglo-American
play = Clockwise

Black Jack is the name of a shedding card game which shares its name with the casino card game Blackjack. It is a variant of Crazy Eights.

Gameplay

Dealing

The dealer deals each player 7 cards, places a single card face-up on the table and the remainder in a pile face-down on the table.

Player turns

On each turn, the player attempts to place cards from their hand onto the stack.

A card can only be placed on the stack if it matches either the rank or suit of the top card.

A player can place consecutive cards of the same suit down to remove more cards.

If a player cannot take their turn, they pick up a card from the remaining deck.

Once the player has played their turn, they must say "Last card" if they only have one card left. If you think that you can finish your cards in one turn you say "cards" If they fail to do so, there is a penalty (see Endgame).

Magic cards

Certain cards have special effects on the gameplay.

Aces The player who puts down an ace nominates a new suit, which all the players must follow.

Two The next player is forced to pick up two cards unless he is able to lay another two, black jack or red jack. If he does not have any of these cards he will have to pick up.

Eight The player that is next misses a go

Black Jack A black Jack causes the next player to pick up seven cards, unless he can follow with a two, red jack or a black jack. Red Jack A red jack cancels the pick up if you have to pick up cards.

Queen A queen card means a player can place any card the same as the suit of the queen down, if not possible the player can put the queen down but must pick up one card.

King Reverses the order.

Joker Can be used as any card in the deck.

Endgame

The first player to get rid of all of their cards wins the game.

If the player places their last card, but failed to say "Last card" at the end of their previous turn, then they must pick up two cards from the remaining deck

Variants

# Multiple cards can be placed on a single turn, where each card matches the previous card in rank or suit. There is no limit to the number of cards which can be played, but the player may not finish by placing more than one card.
# Runs within a suit are sometimes allowed (in both ascending and descending order), for example with a top card of 6 of clubs it would be possible to play the 6, 7, 8, and 9 of diamonds.These rules tend to lead to faster play, and can make gameplay more exciting as sometimes a large number of cards can be played in a single turn by taking full advantage of both of these rules in a single turn (for instance with the 6 of clubs on top, it would be possible to play 6D,6H,6S,7S,8S,9S,10S,JS,JC,10C,9C in a single turn).
# Can be played with two decks of cards if more than five people are playing.
# In France this game is called Uno