10 Redux
A card game for 2 to 6 players.
Equipment:
• 55 playing cards, comprising five suits
numbered 0 – 10
• 8 bonus cards, numbered 1 – 8 with
bonus points equal to the printed pips
valued from 10 – 3, respectively.
• 1 joker per player
• 5 round cards numbered 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
• 5 chips per player
How to Play:
Shuffle the five round cards and set them face-
down on the table. Give each player one joker,
then shuffle the playing cards and bonus cards
together. Deal 4 cards to each player. Place the
rest of the deck face-down on the table to form a
draw deck. Make a display of three cards turned
face-up from the draw deck. Give each player 5
chips. Reveal the top card of the round deck to
show the points available to the winner of the
round. The player left of the dealer begins.
On his turn, a player may:
• Take a card from the face-up display to his
hand and pay one chip, then flip a new
card from the draw deck to replace the
purchased card. He may instead draw the
top card from the draw deck to his hand,
also paying one chip. Then he must play a
card from his hand to the table.
• Play a card from his hand to the table.
• Pass. Once he passes, a player may not
play another card this round. A player
that has already played three cards must
pass.
Once all players have either played three cards to
form a combination or have passed, the round
ends. The player with the highest combination
wins the hand and takes the round card as points.
Note that it is permissible to play zero, one or two
cards before passing; less than three cards count
only for the combination of highest total.
Note: Bonus cards are played as part of the
players' three card combinations and count as a
separate suit.
©2013 by Bill Bennett.
Winning Combinations:
1. Straight Flush
2. Three of a kind
3. Flush
4. Straight
5. Highest total
If two or more players tie for the highest ranking
combination, the winner is the player whose
cards add up to the highest total.
Bonus cards:
After the winner of the round is determined,
observe whether any bonus cards (black cards
with red indexes) were played to the table. The
player who plays the highest total of bonus points
on such cards (count up the red pips on the
cards) takes all the bonus cards played that round
as points.
End of the Round:
All remaining cards played to the table are
discarded, then each player in turn order may
draw cards. If you have less than five cards, draw
until you have five cards. If you have five or more
cards, you cannot draw.
The player who won the last round becomes the
new start player, revealing the next round card
and making the first play.
Game End and Winning:
The game ends after the fifth round. Players total
up their round cards, the pips on their bonus
cards, and two points for each unused chip.
Highest total wins. In the event of a tie, the player
with the most chips left wins.
Match Play:
To minimize luck of the draw, play three games
and the player with the highest total score wins.
Total chips left each game can be tracked as a tie-
breaker.