How to play High Card
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The whole game in under a minute, recorded in the app: one card each, the highest wins the point, and the first to the target score takes the match.
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High Card is the simplest card game there is. Here it is in the Vanikar app. Everyone at the table gets one card, face down. Choose how many players, and the target score. Eleven points is the usual match. Start the game. Turn your card over. The computer players reveal theirs. Ace is high, two is low, and suits don't matter. The highest card wins the round and scores one point. If two players tie for highest, they both score. Next round. The whole deck is shuffled, and everyone gets a new card. The first player to the target score wins the match. That's all there is to it. Pure luck, which makes it a fair game for any age. Find High Card, and fifty-eight more card games, at vanikar.games.
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