5 Crowns

Description

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Five Crowns is a card game that combines elements of rummy and Phase 10:
Goal: Players try to get the lowest score by making sets of “books and runs” in 11 rounds.
Deck: The game uses two 58-card decks, each with five suits (spades, clubs, hearts, diamonds, and stars) and three jokers. Each suit has 11 cards, from 3–10, Jack, Queen, and King.
Gameplay: Players are dealt more cards each round, and the wild card rotates through a set sequence. The wild card starts as 3s in the first round, then 4s in the second round, and so on. The first player to make all the right combinations and go out wins. If all hands aren’t turned over before the deck runs out, the player with the fewest cards left loses.
Number of players: Five Crowns can be played with 1–7 players, but some say it’s best with 4.