The 52 Qard Game Series · Reserve bench
Old Maid
Pair everything you hold. One Queen has no partner.
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W.F.A. deck51cards in play
Coming to the tableThe rules are written and the seat is reserved. This table opens as the series grows.
How to deal
Deal the whole deck out, one Queen short, as evenly as it goes. Everyone lays down the pairs they hold.
How to play
Starting left of the dealer, each player offers their hand face down to the player on their left, who takes one card. Any pair made is laid down. Play continues round the table.
How you win
The pairs run out until one player holds the single card with no partner: the old maid. Everyone else has won.
W.F.A. deck setup for Old Maid
Play without the four 1s and take one Queen out of the deck: 51 cards.
Sixty seconds at the table
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Old Maid is played in The Qard Game Room, free, on the W.F.A. deck.
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