Candidate

Number of decks: 1 (2 or 3)
Number of cards in the deck: 52
Number of players: 2
The seniority of the cards: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, B, D, K, T.
Purpose of the game: score the highest score.
Rules of the game. The rules of this game came up with Matthew Shields. The first deliverer in the game is determined by lot, in the following games players give cards in turn. The deck is divided into 4 piles by the deliverer and stacks of the same suit are added to each pile, resulting in 4 piles of cards with different suits (candidates). Then all the stacks are shuffled, put in closed form in the center of the table. After that, the handler takes any pile and distributes to each player 5 cards (fraction), the remaining 3 cards are put in a closed form next to the three piles. Next, the deliverer removes a card from the top of any stack and puts it in an open form (lobby). The first move belongs to the handler's opponent, he can put on his turn one or several cards regardless of suit, which will consist of a sequence, for example, the first laid out card in the lobby is 9th peak, the player puts 10 hearts, jack of hearts or you can lay out the same card By value, then the sequence must be from cards of the same value. After one of the players puts or does not put the sequence, the move goes to the next player who does the same. When none of the players can continue the laying of the sequence, the last player who puts the card or cards, takes the piled sequence from the lobby and takes the first card to five of any of the closed piles, then picks up the cards if his opponent needs it and in the lobby puts any card with The top of any of the piles, and the player who took the sequence of cards, begins the first move in the next draw. Thus, players play all the cards, after which they count the points for the cards in the sequences. All cards from deuce to dozens inclusive cost one point, from jack to ace inclusive are 2 points. If there are 2 cards in the taken sequence, then points are multiplied by 2, if 3 cards, then points are multiplied by 3, etc. Playing 12 games, according to the results of which players count the points and the one who will score the most points becomes the winner.

Example of scoring:

♣ 9, ♦ 10 - 4 points;

♠ D, ♣ K - 8 points;

♦ 7, ♥ 8, ♠ 9 - 9 points;

♥ 10, ♣ In, ♦ D - 15 points;

♦ B, ♠ D, ♣ K, ♠ T - 32 points;

♦ 10, ♣ 10, ♠ 10 - 9 points;

♥ D, ♠ D, ♣ D, ♦ D - 16 points.

Note. In the game, it is possible to use several deck of cards, for example two or three, then by analogy each suit card is laid out in a separate pile.