Ninety-Nine

Description

[This adding game is not to be confused with the trick-taking game, Ninety-Nine.]

From David Parlett's The Penguin Book of Card Games:

Said to be a Gypsy game. Deal three cards each and stack the rest face down. Play goes to the left, but may change. Each in turn plays a face up card to the table, announces the total value of all cards played so far, and draws a replacement from stock.

Cards count as follows:


 ace to nine: increase the value of the pile by the pip count of the card
 ten: reduce the value by ten
 jack, queen: the value stays the same
 king: the value is set to 98


The total may not exceed 98. The first player to be unable to play, loses a life. The first to lose three lives, loses the game.



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