War

The classic game of capturing as many cards in a deck.

Number of Players

The game is played with 2 players.

Set Up

• One standard 52-card deck

Deal the entire deck evenly to all players, one at a time, and face down. Anyone may go first at any time.

Game Play

Both players flip the top card of their face down stack. The player with the highest card wins the trick if the card suits are different and takes both cards, placing them at the bottom of their stack. If they are of the same suit, both players flip a card face up and one face down. The player with the highest active face up card, gets all cards from the trick. If the face up cards are the same suit again, repeat the process of removing a card face down and face up until the new active face up card is not of the same suit.

Winning the Game

The game ends when one player has won all of the cards from another player.

Tarot Decks

A tarot deck may be used. The atouts are considered the same suit as the other active face up card.