Setup
RED deck (52, no Jokers)
26-card Play-Off Pile each, top card face up.
BLUE deck (56, with 4 Jokers)
Shared Draw Pile in the center, plus a 5-card hand dealt to each player.
Who goes first
Higher face-up card deals and goes first. King is high, Ace is low. Tie? Reshuffle Play-Off Piles and flip again.
Your Turn
- PLAY as many cards as you can to the Center Building Piles.
- DISCARD one card to your own Discard Piles to end your turn.
- DRAW back up to 5 cards in your hand.
★ Play all 5 cards without discarding? Draw 5 more and keep going!
The Piles
Center Piles (4 max, shared)
Start with an Ace. Build up A→K. Same number can play on same number. A completed King is set aside.
Discard Piles (4 per player)
Start with any card. Build down, high to low (same-on-same OK). Only the top card is playable. No Jokers here.
Jokers
Wild for any card except an Ace or a 2 — and only playable on the Center Piles.
Stuck & Win
Can't play?
Your opponent keeps playing until you can go again.
Both players stuck
Shuffle everything — both hands, the Draw Pile, and both Discard Piles — deal 5 cards to each player. The last player who couldn't play goes first.
How to win
First to play all 26 cards from your Play-Off Pile. Track total games won.