Trickily, two is a special card and counts for 15 points. Aces can be used as high or low, but are counted high if you’re caught with one. Start with two packs of cards for a small group and add more if you need them for extra players. You only need two people to play, but can have any number you like as long as you have enough cards. But this is how my parents were taught by the Motorhome (or RV) group,the Clarence Valley Ramblers at an Australian rally. I’m sure there are a number of variations of this game. So much so that on the last day I decided I’d make a note of the rules and do my best to explain them here so other travellers and card game lovers could give them a try. This time my folks had a new game to teach me.

Over the last few trips together we’d gotten into the habit of playing a frustrating game called Frustration.

But I was very happy to see that she was also looking forward to a game, and that it didn’t take much to convince my father to join us around the card / dinner / work table. We looked at each other, smiled, and both said “Play cards!”Ĭonsidering we were only one day into a four day escape in the Winnebago it wasn’t fair to say we’d actually forgotten. “Do you know what we’ve forgotten to do?” I asked my mother.

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