Donkey Card Game

by Evelyn
(Canada)

Here is a great game to play with kids.

The Pack.
Standard deck of cards

The players.
3 to 6 players

The Deal.
Cards are taken in fours (4 Kings, 4 Queens, etc) according to the number of players. If there are 5 players you can take 4 Aces, 4 Kings, 4 Queens, 4 Jack and 4 tens, for example.
The dealer is chosen randomly. He mixes the cards and distributes them to the player equally.

The Play.
Each player exchanges one card with the player on the left. The goal is to collect 4 cards on the same rank. The player who does it should raise his or her thumb silently. The other players should copy the gesture. The player who turns to be the last is called “Donkey”.