Snaggling: The Playing Card Game

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by  Smith, Joseph Daniel

Snaggling
The Playing Card Game
Joseph D. Smith
Copyright
Copyright © 2022 Smith, Joseph Daniel. All
Rights Reserved.
Introduction
Snaggling utilizes a standard 52-card deck. The
objective of the game is to play cards in
descending order from higher face values to the
smallest face value a player can play on the pile.
Usually a 2 is the last card that wins the game,
but a player with an Ace can intercept and win the
game! You must play all copies of the same face
value you plan to use equal to however many hold
in your hand.
Rules
Players: 2 and up
Dealer: Dealer deals 3 cards to each
player, starting at their left.
Drawing: Players take turns drawing on
their own turns.
Playing: 1st player left of the dealer
chooses between a card with a suit of
K/Q/J/10 (all are considered as evens and
equals 10, but not interchangeable for
each other) to 5 and plays however many
copies of that face value in their hand
onto the pile. Players alternate trying to
score either a 2 or an Ace as the last
playable card (if no other cards have been
drawn before the 2 or Ace is played).
Whoever plays the last playable card
(either 2s or Aces) wins!
Steps
Drawing: Each player draws 1 card from
the deck 1st thing on their own turn.
Playing: Turn player chooses a card with
a face value between King to 5 and plays
it on the pile, along with all duplicates of
that card.
The next player plays a card with a face
value that is either 1 lower, 2 lower, or a
card that matches the face value of the
previous player's card played on the pile
(also: matches must be played on top of
matches).
Exception:
A player with no card to play must
draw from the top of the deck until they
either a) match the pile, b) is 1 point
lower than the previous card on the
pile, or c) an even gap may be played
on the pile (if a 5 is on top, either a 4
or a 3 can be played on the pile and
no lower, [especially no higher]).