The goal is to be the first player to get rid of all your cards. On your turn, play a card that matches the top card's number or suit. If you can't play, you have to take a card from the deck and your turn ends.
Power cards
- Ace (A) — wild card. You can play an Ace on your first card no matter what's on top. When you play it, you pick a new suit for the next player to follow.
- 2 — adds 2 to the "fire" on the table. The next player has to pick up 2 cards, or play another 2 (or a Jack) on top to pass the fire on with more cards.
- 8 — skips the next player's turn.
- Black Jack (J♣ or J♠) — adds 5 to the fire. Next player picks up 5 cards, or stacks another 2 or Jack on top.
- Red Jack (J♥ or J♦) — cancels all the fire on the table. Resets it back to zero.
- Queen (Q) — must be covered by another card. You can NEVER go out on a Queen. If your last card is a Queen and you play it, you have to pick up 1 card because the Queen still has to be covered.
- King (K) — reverses the direction of play. In a 2-player game, that just means it comes back to you for another turn.
Last Card
When you're about to play your final card, you must call "Last Card" on the turn before you go out. If you forget, you pick up 1 card as a penalty.
Wrong move
If you try to play a card that doesn't match, you pick up 2 cards. If there's any fire on the table, you also pick that up.