Players can only move cards using one hand, however, the stock can be held in the other hand. You are not required to call Nerts when your pile is exhausted, you may continue to play and improve your score. Once this happens the game ends immediately, cards in mid-air are allowed to complete their move and be counted accordingly in scoring. Once your Nerts pile is dry you can call, “NERTS!” (Or Pounce!, etc). Th goal is to get rid of all your cards in your Nerts pile by playing them on either your work piles or on the foundations in the common area. Move your cards around your layout, following the stipulations below, and add on to foundations in the common area. Players play at the same time and at whatever pace they please. Gameplay does not consist of taking turns. Below is a photo of a general Nerts set-up. In the center of the playing field is the common area. This should be easily accessible to all players and it holds the foundations which players will be building upon. Players arrange themselves around the playing surface and shape their layout (it may be square, circle, etc). These are work piles. The remaining cards in the deck become the stockpile. Beside the stockpile is the waste pile, it is formed by taking three cards at a time from the stock and turning them face-up next to the stock. Beside the Nerts pile players deal themselves four cards, face-up, side by side (but not overlapping. THE SETUPĮach player deals themselves a Nerts pile, this is a 13 card pile, 12 cards face-down and the 13th card is dealt face-up. However, all the cards must have different backs in order to differentiate them. Each player requires their own deck, so a 4 player game needs 4 decks to be played. Nerts or Nertz is a faced paced card game that is described as a combination of Solitaire and Speed. It is also referred to as Pounce, Racing Demon, Peanuts, and Squeal. The objective is to get rid of all the cards in your ‘Nerts’ pile (or Pounce pile, etc) by building upon them from an ace. NUMBER OF CARDS: standard 52-card + Jokers (optional) per player NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2+ players (6+ play in partnerships) OBJECTIVE OF NERTS/POUNCE: Get rid of cards in Nerts pile.
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