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began by drawing the upcard or the top card of the stock and then discarding a card to the discard pile. On completing a valid set or run, a player could meld it to the table, face up, and score points based on the card values. The first player to expose a complete hand of 2 sets or a run and a set
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The game was designed for three or four players; two packs were to be used if there were five or more. Deal and play were clockwise. Players cut for first dealer and then 7 cards were dealt to each player. The remainder were stacked face down in the middle of the table and the top card turned and
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If the seventh card was unused, the holder incurred penalty points to its value. Other players only scored the value of sets or runs they meld to the table. Scores were kept on a cribbage-style scoring board.
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538:Schlafmütze
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485:Ninety-nine
349:15 December
195:Eldest hand
161:master card
150:Description
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1106:Hahndreier
993:Nain Jaune
960:Tablanette
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659:Compendium
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500:Collecting
436:card games
397:card game.
284:References
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1161:Pusoy dos
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1126:Last Card
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998:Newmarket
842:Gin rummy
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255:Footnotes
157:wild card
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229:Variant
106:(below)
99:(above)
69:History
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