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PLAYING THE GO BOOM CARD GAMES

Number of Players: 2 or more.

The Deal: 7 cards to each player. The rest of the pack is put face down in the middle of the table, as the stock.

Object: To get rid of all of your cards.

The Play: The player at the left of the dealer puts any card down on the table. The next player must follow by matching the suit or the rank of the first card. Each player in turn after this must match the previous card in suit or in rank. For example, suppose the first player puts down the Jack of diamonds. The next player may follow with any diamond or with another Jack. If the second player decides to follow with the Jack of clubs, the third player may then match with a club or with one of the two remaining Jacks. When a player cannot match the previous card, he must draw cards from the stock until he is able to play. If a player uses up the stock without finding a playable card, he may say "Pass," and his turn is then passed to the next player. When everybody at the table has had the chance to play or say "Pass," the cards are examined to see who has played highest. The cards rank as follows:

(Highest) Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 (Lowest)

If there is a tie for first place among cards of the same rank, the card that was first played is considered higher. The player who put down the highest card has the right to begin the next play. The play continues in this way until somebody gets rid of all of his cards. That player wins the hand.If none of the players is very young, a system of point scoring may be used. When a hand comes to an end, each loser counts the cards left in his hand as follows:

Each picture card__________ 10

Each Ace ________________  1

Each other card______ pip value

The winner of the hand is credited with the total of all points lost by all losers. Skillful Play: The strategy in Go Boom is much the same as in Eights. You try to run your opponent out of a suit in the hope that he will not be able to match your play with a card of the same suit or the same rank. In the early stages of play, it is useful to play as high a card as possible in order to have the best chance to win the privilege of beginning the next play.

HOLLYWOOD GO BOOM

This is the same as Go Boom, except that the scoring is Hollywood style (3 games at a time). As in Hollywood Eights, 3 game scores are kept for each player. The first time you win a hand, you get credit only in your first game score. The second time you win a hand, you get credit both in your first game score and in your second game score. After that, you get credit in all 3 game scores. The first game ends when any player reaches a score of 100. Later hands are scored only in the second and third games. The second game ends when any player reaches a score of 100 in the second game. Thereafter, the scores are entered only in the third game score. When some player reaches a score of 100 in the third game, also, all of the scores are totalled to see who wins.

Related terms include free cell card game and digimon card game.