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TRADITIONAL GAMES

Traditional Games are familiar card, dice, and checkerboard games that people have been playing for years. Games like Gin Rummy, Hearts, Crazy Eights, Old Maid, Yacht, and Checkers. You can find free rules for a number of traditional games here.

If you cannot find a particular game here, you can often borrow or buy a book containing the rules for that game, or you can look for the rules online. A list of game books and websites is provided in the Game Resources.

There is also a separate page containing variations for traditional games.

Additional games will be added over time.

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HEARTS - a card game for three to five players. I wrote this version several years ago intending to sell it by mail order, but that venture never quite got off the ground. It is longer and less formal that my other game rules booklets.

hearts_plus_three.pdf
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OH PSHAW - a card game for three to six players. Bid how many tricks you will take in each hand.

oh_pshaw.pdf
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SHUT THE BOX - a dice game for two to six players. Match dice rolls to playing cards.

shut_the_box.pdf
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YACHT - a dice game for two to six players. Score points for dice combinations.

yacht.pdf
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CHECKERS - a checkerboard game for two players. Be the last to move a checker.

checkers.pdf
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HALMA - a checkerboard game for two players. Move your checkers to the opposite corner of the board.

halma.pdf
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(Note - You can right-click with your mouse on the PDF link, choose "Save Target As...", and save it to your computer. You must use Adobe Reader to open it. You can download Adobe Reader for free from www.adobe.com.)