{"id":7507,"date":"2022-04-30T15:13:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T15:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theparentsocial.com\/?p=7507"},"modified":"2022-05-01T07:39:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T07:39:47","slug":"five-card-games-for-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparentsocial.com\/five-card-games-for-the-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Card Games for the Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a family we love card games. You’re never bored if you have a pack of cards with you so it’s a great investment to teach children a few games (or even learn new ones with them). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Card games are great for wet weather days, during the holidays, down on the beach or for playing with extended family. Here are some of our favourites…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knock<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Aim:<\/strong> To be the first player to use all their cards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Number of players:<\/strong> 2-6 Age:<\/strong> 5+ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preparation<\/strong>: Remove jokers and deal each player five cards. Place remaining cards face down on the table turning over the top one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gameplay:<\/strong> The youngest person goes first, looks at their cards, and tries to match either the number\/picture of the revealed card or its suit. If they can match, they play that card and the next player does the same. Anyone who can’t match either suit or number\/face must pick up a card from the table pile. If this matches they can play it and it’s the next player’s go, if it doesn’t they must pick up another card. If, after picking up three cards, they still can’t go, play moves on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some cards have special features. An eight makes the next person miss their go, Aces change direction of play and twos mean the next person picks up two cards unless they have a two. In this case the following person has to pick up four cards and so on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once a player has one card left they must shout KNOCK. Failing to do this during their turn results in the penalty of having to pick up three cards. Play continues until one person finishes all their cards. Remaining players tally up the score of the cards in their hands; Ace is one, all other cards are face value; picture cards are 10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We play a number of hands and people remain in the game until they hit 101 points (we also have a dog’s life). The winner’s the last person left in the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’ll probably use up the table cards in the course of the game. Simply shuffle all discarded cards and place back in a pile face down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beat your Neighbour (aka Beggar my Neighbour) <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Aim:<\/strong> To be the last player standing holding all the cards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Number of players:<\/strong> 2-6 Age:<\/strong> 6+ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preparation<\/strong>: Deal out all the cards (minus jokers) evenly between players. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gameplay: <\/strong>Everyone holds their cards in a pile, facedown and doesn’t look at them for the duration of the game. The youngest person goes first and plays the top card from their pile discarding it into the middle of the table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cards two through to 10 have no significance, so if any of these are played the game moves to the next player and they play their top card. If an Ace is played then the subsequent player has four attempts to play a picture card or another Ace. If a King’s played, the next player has three attempts to play another picture card or Ace; a Queen played means the following player has two attempts to play a picture card or Ace, and if a Jack is played the next player has just one attempt (ie Jack’s are the best card to have). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If that player fails – that is they can’t play a picture card or Ace – the previous player wins all the cards on the table, which they put at the bottom of their pile. They then lay down their top card and play resumes. If they succeed, play moves to the next person who has four, three, two or one attempt\/s to play a picture card or Ace dependent on what was played. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you use up all your cards, you’re out. The person that ends up with all the cards is the winner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pig <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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There are many variations on this card game, here’s ours…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aim:<\/strong> To get four cards that are the same denomination (eg four Queens). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Number of players:<\/strong> 3-13 (4-7 is optimum) Age:<\/strong> 5-13 years <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preparation<\/strong>: From a deck of cards, separate out as many quartets\/sets of denominations as there are players. For example, if three people are playing sort out three quartets as shown below. After separating these out, shuffle and deal four cards to each player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gameplay:<\/strong> Everyone looks at their cards and then simultaneously passes a card they don’t need to the player on their left. Play continues until someone completes their set of four matching cards. At this point, the player puts their finger on their nose. All other players must copy this action. The last person to do this is the loser. We continue until someone has three strikes, at which point the person with the least strikes is the winner. <\/p>\n\n\n