Up and Over

A quick card game of summing and limits for two to five players.

Object: To gather tricks by making the sum of the cards in play equal 21, or by forcing the player to your left to cause the sum of the cards to exceed 21.

You Need:

• A standard poker deck (jokers optional).
  • Paper and pencil to tally tricks.

This is a game that is similar to Cribbage. Each player has a hand of five cards. On your turn, you play a card to the table, adding its value to the previously played cards until the value of the played cards equal or exceed 21. If the value of the cards played equals 21, you take the trick. If the value exceeds 21, the player to your right takes the trick (for forcing you to go up and over 21.) The value of most cards is equal to its face value, but aces and face cards have different values, including negative values. The first player to win 21 tricks is the winner.