I am organizing a “RAK’D” (Random Acts of Kindness) party. It will be one we will enjoy, I’m sure! Changing trains a bit, I wanted to share with you something I am going to do with one local grandchild (12) and a friend of hers. I am glad I also checked out the Golf game. I searched and found your excellent explanation of a simpler version. The version they played included gambling and was much more complicated. We were introduced to trash (we call it garbage) by our daughter & son-in-law when they visited friends in Tennessee. This Grandma loves that Grandma’s great ideas especially the card games. However, the players cannot pick up a card that is discarded.Ī pair of cards that are the same number and are in the same vertical column scores zero points. When all of one player’s cards are face up, the other players turn over any of their cards that are still face down. If the card is swapped for one of the cards that is face down, the new card is placed face up. Players need to swap out their high scoring cards with cards that have lower point values. She may swap that card for one of her 6 cards or discard it. She chooses a card from either the draw pile or the discard pile.

The player to the dealer’s left goes first. Turn over one card and place it beside the drawing pile. The remainder of the cards are placed face down in the middle of the table. Players cannot look at their other cards that are face down. (The face up cards can be in any of the three vertical columns.)

Those two cards must be in a vertical column with one above the other.

Players arrange their cards in 2 rows of 3 cards. To play, the dealer gives each player 6 cards face down. (A round is when players are dealt a hand of cards and they play until one person goes out.) This game is similar to the outdoor game of golf in that the players try to get the lowest score and that 9 ‘holes’ (or rounds) are played. Make sure that you include the joker cards. You’ll need 2 decks for 4 or more players. You’ll need 1 standard deck of playing cards for 2 to 3 players. This card game of Golf is best for kids 8 years old and older. (Please don’t mind how dingy the cards are. They have Kokopelli figures on them which is popular there. I got the cards I used here in Moab, Utah. In fact, when I used to traveled for work, I would buy a deck of cards that had a design on the back that featured the area. Our family played lots of games together.

Golf card game points