secret card: a how-to

shuffle standard deck of cards.

deal one secret card facedown to each player. saying "secret caaaard" as you deal each one is a necessity. players may not look at their secret cards. obviously.

deal each player a hand of seven non-secret cards.

the stack of remaining cards is placed in the center.

players go around the circle taking either the last card from the discard pile or the top card from the stack, and discarding a card from their hand.

jacks are zero, sevens are negative seven, aces are one. scoring for the rest of the cards is standard. the goal: lowest score.

when you get to the end of the deck, everyone turns over their secret cards and tallies their scores.

for endless fun: repeat!

to live secret card lifestyle: speak in three-syllable phrases that match the intonation of "se-cret caaard."

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