This is a 4-player card shedding game similar to Crazy Eights.
- Lay cards on the waste pile which match the suit or numerical value of the card atop the waste pile. Jacks can be laid at any time & the player can choose the suit of the discard pile.
- If you can not make a valid move you are required to draw a card from the stock pile & then you can lay that card if it makes a valid move or skip making a play.
- Watch out for special cards. Joker & 2 require the next player lay the same or pick up cards, a 7 allows you to lay a second card on your turn, and an 8 skips the next player’s turn.
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Alternatively kids and adults can play this shedding cards video game vs the computer for free as a web application .
Pesten Card Game for Kids Video Game Play Instructions
How to Play
Discard all of your cards before the other computer players discard theirs.
- Starting the Game
- Select the yellow-orange Play button on the game’s welcome screen to start the game.
- The welcome screen also has buttons for game play help information, high scores, and other games.
- The lower left corner of the welcome screen offers a language select dropdown.
- The lower right corner of the welcome screen has buttons for social sharing & reading game developer info.
- Game Controls
- Desktop
- Use your mouse left click button to select a card to play on each turn, to select a card from the stock pile when required & to skip your turn after you pick up a card if you do not have any potential valid moves.
- Touchscreen devices
- Touch the screen with one of your fingers to use it like a mouse.
- Controls & indicators
- The upper left corner of the game shows which round number you are on and has buttons to pause the game & switch to full screen mode.
- The upper right corner of the game shows your cumulative game score and has buttons to control game sound & music.
- Other players have their cumulative game score shown under their names. During play you can see how many cards each opponent is holding in their hand & their hand score is shown at the end of each hand.
- Game Play
- Playing basics
- Each player starts the hand with 8 cards.
- You must play a card on each turn.
- If you can not play a card you must pick a card up from the stock pile.
- After picking up a card from the stock pile you may lay it if it is a valid move, or you may click the skip button in the lower right.
- Points
- Your game score is cumulative across 4 hands.
- Card values
- Jacks are worth 50 points.
- Other face cards are worth 10 points each.
- Aces are wroth 1 point.
- All other cards are worth the numerical value shown on them.
- The player with the worst hand scores 0 points and sets the scores for all other players.
- The hand score of all other players is the number of pips held in the worse hand less how many pips the player was holding in their own hand.
- For example, if the worst hand had 24 pips in it and you had 4 pips you would score 20 points that hand.
- Special cards
- When an 8 is played the next player’s turn is skipped.
- When you play a 7 you can also play another card before ending your turn.
- The next card you lay must be of the same suit or else you need to draw a card from the stock pile.
- When a 2 is played you must also play a 2 or take 2 cards.
- When a Joker is played you must also play a Joker or take 5 cards.
- Jacks may be played on any card & a player laying a Jack can choose the suit of the discard pile.
- Strategy
- If the player behind you only has a card or two left it can be beneficial to lay a 2 or a Joker to force them to pick up cards, or an 8 to skip their turn.
- While competing players having many cards left in their hands it can be beneficial to hold on to Jacks to give yourself many lay options, but when the game nears its conclusion you want to ensure you get rid of your Jacks before the game ends so you do not award 50 points to all your opponents by holding a Jack at the end of a hand.
- Target Audience
- The game is suited for people of all ages who like shedding card games.
- The game has no adult themed content.
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Mobile Friendly Cross Browser Support
This game is rendered in mobile-friendly HTML5, so it offers cross-device gameplay. You can play it on mobile devices like Apple iPhones, Google Android powered cell phones from manufactures like Samsung, tablets like the iPad or Kindle Fire, laptops, and Windows-powered desktop computers. All game files are stored locally in your web browser cache. This game works in Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and other modern web browsers.
CardGames.pro published this Card on January 21, 2022