Download Article Show Download Article Palace is a super fun card game that you can play with 2-5 players. The goal of the game is simple: play your cards on the discard pile in ascending order and be the first player to run out of cards. The catch? If you can’t play a card, you have to pick up the whole discard pile! There are a few other rules you’ll need to follow (each player gets their own “palace” of cards, for example—more on that below). Check out the steps below to learn how to play!
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Show More Tips Thanks for submitting a tip for review! Advertisement ReferencesAbout This ArticleArticle SummaryX Palace is a fun 2-5 player card game where players try to be the first one to run out of cards. To play the game, start by choosing one player to deal first. That player deals 3 cards to each player face down. Players arrange these cards in a row in front of them without looking at them. Next, the dealer deals 6 cards face down to each player for their hand. Each player looks at their hand and chooses 3 cards to place face up on top of their 3 face down cards. In general, players should try to play their 3 highest cards face up. Everyone selects 3 cards from their hand to place face up on top of their 3 face down cards. You typically want to place your 3 highest cards face up. The dealer places the rest of the cards in the deck face-down in the middle of the playing area for the draw pile, then flips the top card over next to it for the discard pile. The player to the left of the dealer goes first. They must play a card that is equal to or higher than the face-up card in the discard pile. They can play multiple cards as long as they're the same rank. 3's are the lowest card and Aces are the highest. 2's reset the deck. A player can play a 2 at any time. After a player plays a 2, they can play any card they want on top of it. After a player plays 1 or more cards on their turn, they draw cards from the draw pile so they always have 3 cards in their hand. If a player can't play a card on their turn, they pick up the whole discard pile and it's the next player's turn. Play continues like this clockwise around the table until the cards in the draw pile are all gone. Then, play continues like normal but players don't pick up from the draw pile. Once a player runs out of cards in their hand, they can play any of the face up cards in the row in front of them. Once a player has played all of their face-up cards, they can flip over a single face-down card in their row. If it's equal to or higher than the card on top of the discard pile, they can play it. If it's not, they have to pick up the discard pile. Once a player plays all of the face-down cards in their row, they win the game! To learn how to reset the game, keep reading! Did this summary help you? Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 504,712 times. Reader Success Stories
Did this article help you?How many cards do you play in the palace?Deal six cards to each player face down. Players may look at these cards in their hand. Players select three cards from their hand and place them face up on the three face down cards in front of them. Typically, higher value cards are placed face up.
What does a 7 do in Palace card game?7 – Reverses the discard pile, so the player on the left has to play a card lower than the card underneath the 7. It reverts back to normal afterward. 10 – Destroys the discard pile and removes those cards until the end of the game.
How many cards do you deal in Castle?Each player is dealt three cards face down, and then three cards face up on top of the three cards face down. Three more cards are dealt for each players' hand. The remaining deck is placed in the middle.
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