Winners & Losers
Jacks Rule
By DirtyBoardGame.com
There are many variations of this game, the following are the suggested rules for our version, Jacks Rule. The object is to form rows of five pegs on the board, by placing pegs in the board squares that correspond to cards played from your hand. As with any game…House Rules prevail!
Equipment
Variations for the game of Jacks. Best gambling games in vegas. You have to play from ones to tens without missing. If you miss then you have to start again at ones. Go from one to tens without letting the ball bounce before you pick up the jacks. Double bouncies. Pick up the jacks and then catch the.
Two decks of standard poker playing cards including jokers are used - 108 cards in all
2 colors of game pegs (45 of each color are included)
- The game has been played for thousands of years in cultures all over the world, and children today continue to play it, evolving their own complex rules for the game. Most game stores carry sets of jacks along with the ball needed for play, although it is also possible to improvise the game pieces with stones, sticks, bones, and other objects.
- Tips for Playing Jacks or Better Video Poker. Your game will be improved by using a strategy chart prepared by expert players according to the rules of probability. You can buy a strategy card at many casino gift shops or use a chart from an online site.
Game Board
Players
Coushatta hotel deals. The game is to be played with an even number of players, forming two teams. (With 2 players each person is their own team, with four players there are two players on each team, etc.) Each team will have their own color of pegs to use as markers. Note: if you wish to have 3 teams another pack of colored pegs can be purchased here.
Setup and Deal
Each player or team takes the pegs of one color. The cards are shuffled, and the dealer deals a hand of 7 cards to each player if there are 2 players, 6 each if there are 3 players, and 5 each if there are 4 or more players. The undealt cards are stacked face down to form a stock pile from which cards will be drawn during the game.
Play
Players take turns in clockwise order, starting to dealer's left. At your turn, you play one card from your hand face up on the table and place a peg of your color (or your team's color) on an unoccupied square on the board whose card corresponds to the card you played. A joker entitles the player to put a peg on any unoccupied corner square. A peg placed on a joker square cannot be removed by a one-eyed jack. Then you replenish your hand by drawing the top card from the stock pile and it is the next player's turn.
Two-eyed jacks are wild. Playing a two-eyed jack (clubs or diamonds) entitles the player to place a peg on any unoccupied square on the board.
One-eyed jack to remove your opponents' peg. Playing a one-eyed jack (hearts or spades) entitles the player to remove from the board any one peg belonging to an opponent and place your color peg in its place.
Exceptions: (1) A one-eyed jack cannot be used to destroy a completed five-peg row by removing one of its pegs. (2) A one-eyed jack cannot remove a peg from a joker square.
A dead card, refers to a card that cannot be played because both spaces are already occupied. The player would discard it (during their turn) and draw a replacement from the stack, without placing a peg on the game board. Then it becomes the next players turn.
Winning
The object is to form rows of five (or more) pegs in an unbroken straight line – vertical, horizontal, or diagonal. These rows can intersect in one space, in which case only 9 pegs are needed for the winning formation. Or a player or team can win with 10 pegs forming two separate rows.
In a two-colors (two-player or four-player partnership) game the first player or team that has two straight rows of five pegs of their color on the board wins the game.
How Do You Play Jacks
In a three-colors game, the winner is the first player/team to form one straight row of five pegs wins the game.