Go Boom is a slightly more difficult game appropriate for tweens and up. Two to six can play. Deal each player seven cards. The remaining cards form a draw pile. The player to the dealer’s left plays a card. The other players must match it in either suit or rank.
A player who has no match must draw until he can play. The person playing the highest card in the suit led wins the trick and leads the next round.
If the draw pile is exhausted, players who cannot play a card simply sit out the round. The first player to get rid of all cards wins. To play a longer game, add up the cards remaining in the losers’ hands and give the points to the winner: 15 points for aces, 10 points for face cards, and face value for the other number cards. Play to 200 or other designated number.
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