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Connected by Cards

Beggar My Neighbour

You against the computer. Nothing to decide, so it just turns cards.

One game.
Pile 0 of 3,000
The game stops at pile 3,000, or if the same position comes round again. Then more cards wins.
Waiting for the computer to turn a card.
Your stack
Not your turn yet.
The pile
Empty.

Turns your cards for you, one beat after each comes round. It works while this page is open and in view, and a reload or a dropped connection turns it off.

Owed
Nothing is owed.
A jack is 1, a queen 2, a king 3, an ace 4. Everything else is safe.
Last card
Nothing turned yet.
At the table
You
26 cards
The computer
26 cards
on turn
How this table plays
  1. The pack is dealt out, 26 cards each, and both stacks stay face down. Nobody looks and nobody chooses.
  2. In turn a seat turns its top card onto the pile. A jack, queen, king or ace makes the other seat owe 1, 2, 3 or 4 cards.
  3. The seat that owes turns cards one at a time. Ordinary cards pay the debt. A jack, queen, king or ace turned while paying cancels it and the debt swings back.
  4. When a debt is paid, the seat that asked takes the whole pile and turns next. A seat with no card to turn loses. The computer only turns its top card, like you.
How to play

Turn the top card of your stack onto the pile when it is your turn. A jack, queen, king or ace makes the other side owe one, two, three or four cards. Ordinary cards pay the debt, a pay card turned while paying cancels it and swings it back, and when a debt is paid the side that asked takes the pile.

Whoever cannot turn a card loses. The computer only turns its top card on a steady beat, the same move you make by tapping your stack, and it has no strategy because the game has none. Switch auto-play on to have your own cards turned for you, and pause to hold everything.

The same game with a friend instead of the computer is at a table of its own, two seats and one link to send.