Chinese Ten
Pair cards that make ten with the middle, then turn up the stock and pair again. Only the red cards score. 2–4 players.
How to play Chinese Ten
- 1Chinese Ten uses one 52-card deck. Only red cards score: each red Ace is 20, red 10s and picture cards 10, and red 2 to 9 their number. Black cards score nothing.
- 2With two players each gets 12 cards, with three 8, with four 6. Four cards go face up in the middle and the rest make the stock.
- 3Cards pair to make ten: Ace with 9, 2 with 8, 3 with 7, 4 with 6, 5 with 5. 10s, Jacks, Queens and Kings pair only with their own rank.
- 4On your turn play a card. If it pairs with a card in the middle, take both. If it pairs with several, you take the one worth most. Otherwise it stays in the middle.
- 5Then turn over the top card of the stock. It works the same way: it takes its pair for you, or stays in the middle.
- 6When the hands are empty the stock is too. Add up the red cards each player took.
- 7The first to 200 points or more, ahead of everyone, wins.
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