Setup. Each player gets 3 face-down castle cards and 6 in hand. Choose 3 cards to place face-up on your castle; the other 3 are your hand.

Play. Take turns playing one card onto the pile. A card must be of equal or higher value than the top card. Aces are high.

Magic cards. A 2 can be played on anything and resets the pile. An 8 can be played on anything, burns the whole pile out of the game — and you go again.

Stuck? If you can't play, you pick up the whole pile.

Draw. While the deck lasts, refill your hand to 3 cards after you play.

The castle. Once your hand and the deck are empty, play your face-up castle cards. After those, flip your face-down cards blind — if one doesn't beat the pile, you pick everything up!

Finish. Shed everything to claim your place. With 3–4 players the game continues until one player is left holding cards.