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Beer 99

spencergregory — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:19:27 +0000

Learn how to play the drinking card game, Beer 99, with easy to follow instructions and video!

An exciting card game that comprises of maths and drinking.

Requirements

– One standard deck of 52 cards

– A lot of beer

Object of the game

The object of the game is to play cards into a pile and have the value of the pile total 99 exactly.

Play

You begin by dealing 4 cards to each player, and then you put the remainder of the deck down turning the top card over. Play goes around the group with each person playing a card, mentally keeping track of total value of the pile. However, the cards below have specific implications:

Four

Fours may be used as a skip card, they can also be used to avoid drinking responsibilities and pass them to the next player.

Ten

This acts as a regular card, except when the total value of the pile passes 90+. Once in the 90’s, this card drops the value of pile by 10.

King

These may be used to avoid drinking responsibilities or place drinking tasks on someone else, usually used near end of game.

After you play a card, you must replace the card with another from the stack. When everyone is out of cards, reshuffle those already played. Socials occur whenever the total equals a number ending in 9 (19, 29, 39 etc), at which point all players must all drink. Special socials on 69 and 71. On special socials, you must drink twice.

When someone throws down the card that results in the pile equalling 99, the next person must drink 1/2 glass, unless they have a special card (hopefully a King, this allows them to pick the person they want to drink).

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Spider Solitaire

spencergregory — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:23:02 +0000

Spider solitaire is a well-known solitaire card game, which has gained a lot in popularity in recent years. One feature of this solitaire game is that the difficulty can be changed by using a different number of decks.

Requirements/statistics

Space: Moderate

Level: Challenging/Easy (depending on how many decks are used)

Cards: Two standard 52-card decks

Players: One

Layout

The spider solitaire game is played with two decks of playing cards. After thoroughly shuffling both decks together, 4 rows of 10 face down cards are dealt to form the tableau columns. 4 more cards are dealt face down to the 4 leftmost columns and then a face up card is dealt to the end of each column. The remaining cards are placed face down to form the stock pile.

Your layout should resemble the picture below:

Spider is usually played with two standard decks of playing cards, but the game is very difficult that way. Spider One Suit and Two Suit game variations exist that still use 104 cards, but only use the Spades in the one suit game and Spades and Hearts in the two suit game. Extra packs of cards are required to make up the numbers. This makes Spider considerably easier. You may do this to lower the difficulty of the game if you are struggling with it or still learning.

How to Play Spider Solitaire

All building is carried out on the tableau columns with the foundations not really participating in the game much. You may move any exposed card from the end of a tableau column to another tableau column if it creates a descending sequence (regardless of suit). e.g. 5 of hearts on 6 of diamonds or 2 of clubs on 3 of spades.

You may also move a packed descending order of cards as a group to another tableau column but only if they’re of the same suit. e.g. 9 of diamonds, 8 of diamonds, 7 of diamonds on 10 clubs or 10 diamonds.

Therefore, you should try to pack cards of the same suit if you have a choice; otherwise, you’ll find the game blocks quickly. If you manage to create a complete descending sequence of cards from King to Ace of the same suit, then it will be transferred to one of the foundations automatically.

Empty tableau columns may be filled by any card or a packed descending suit sequence of cards. When no more constructive moves can be made on the tableau, use the stock to deal another card to each of the tableau columns. You must fill all empty spaces in the tableau before you can deal cards from the stock, even if it means breaking up a sequence you have already packed.

How To Win the Game

The object of the game is to build cards of descending suit sequence from King to Ace within the tableau columns. When such a sequence has been formed, it is automatically removed to one of the 8 foundation piles. When all 104 cards have been played to the foundations as eight separate King to Ace stacks then the game is won.

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Beehive Solitaire

spencergregory — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:44:24 +0000

Beehive Solitaire is a good and little-known solitaire game. When the cards come off the pack just right, you can win very easily but is challenging since many a game gets blocked just when you least expect it.

Requirements/statistics

Space: Moderate

Level: Easy/Moderate

Cards: One standard 52-card deck

Players: One

Layout

Shuffle the pack. Then, holding the cards face down, count off 10 cards and put them in a pile face up on the table, with only the top card showing. This is the beehive.

Deal off the next 6 cards, placing them in 2 horizontal rows of 3 cards each. This is the flower garden into which you try to get the bees, or cards in the beehive, as well as all the other cards. Hold the remainder of the pack in your hand, face down.

The object is to combine all the 52 cards in sets of 4 of a kind, such as 4 Threes, 4 Jacks, and so on, by grouping them in sets of 4 in the flower garden, and removing each set when it is completed.

Play

With the cards laid out as described, begin to send bees to the garden. If the top card of the beehive is the same in value as any card in the garden, place it on that card. Then the next card in the hive being uncovered may be used if it has the same value as any card in the garden.

No card is ever place on the beehive, since the object is to use up all its cards as quickly as possible. Cards are placed only on the 6 garden cards.

If 2 cards in the garden have the same value, place one on top of the other, and fill the vacant space with the top card of the beehive. When all the cards of the same value, among the cards on the table, have been combined, deal off 3 cards from the pack in your hand, placing them in a pile face up, with only the top card (the third card from the top of the pack) showing.

This will begin a working pile. If the top card has the same value as any card in the garden, place it on the garden card, and use the card it uncovers in the working pile if it, too, has the same value as any in the garden. When you complete a set of 4 cards of the same value in the garden, such as 4 threes, remove it, put it to one side, and fill the vacant space with the top card of the beehive.

When there are no more cards in the beehive, fill a vacant space with the top card of the working pile. Go through the pack 3 cards at a time, placing them face up on the working pile and using as many as you can on cards in the garden, building sets of 4. Then turn over the working pile and go through it again, 3 cards at a time.

To win Beehive Solitaire

If you combine all the cards in sets of 4, you win. Then turn over the working pile and go through it again, 3 cards at a time. However, if you have gone through the working pile without being able to use a single card, you lose the game.

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