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THE PLAY

One selected player (usually the scorekeeper) gives the signal to start. Everyone begins and plays at the same time, until the end of the hand. If any of the exposed cards in front of the player is a Number 1 card, regardless of color, it must be placed face up in the center of the table to form the beginning of a Dutch Pile (Fig D).

Each Number 1 card starts a new Dutch Pile. If a player uses a card from the Post Piles, they empty space is filled with the top card of his Blitz Pile. Players should always maintain the original number of Post Piles. When the top card of the Blitz Pile is used, it is not replaced. If any player has a Number 2 card of the same color as the Number 1 card in any of the Dutch Piles, he should place it on top of the Number 1 card, then a Number 3, and a Number 4 card, etc., in and ASCENDING sequence.

If none of a player's exposed cards can be used in this manner on the Dutch Piles, the player will then count off three cards in his hand. He will turn the three cards in such a manner that the third card will be on top as they are placed face up before him, thus forming the Wood Pile and at the same time, creating a fifth exposed card (or seventh, if two are playing), that can be played onto the Dutch Piles, if possible3. The top card of the Wood Pile may be used for any play at any time (Fig E).

A Number 1 card always starts a new Dutch Pile. If no further play can be made, the player will count off three more cards from his hand, and turn them face up onto the remaining cards (if there are any remaining) on his Wood Pile. Thus a player may play any of his exposed cards onto any of the Dutch Piles in the center of the table, provided he plays the onto the same color and in an ASCENDING sequence. When all of the l cards in a player's hand have been turned over, he will pick up ath cards in his Wood Pile. Without shuffling, he will turn them face down in his hand and again proceed to count off three, and turn them over again to build up the Wood Pile. If a player desires, he may build from his Blitz Pile, Wood Pile, or from any one of his Post Piles, onto any other of his Post Piles in the following manner (Fig F).

   a. Building from the Blitz Pile

    b. Building from the Wood Pile

    c. Building from one Post Pile to another so that:

    d. Another card may be taken from the Blitz Pile as a replacement

Numbers in the Post Piles must follow a DESCENDING sequence - seven on an eight - six on a seven, etc. In addition, the cards must ALTERNATE, boy - girl or girl - boy. Both the number and the color must be visible at all times to all players when building a DESCENDING sequence onto the base card in a Post Pile.

WARNING: A player should not hesitate to build onto his Post Pile in the manner outlined if it helps him to use up his Blitz Pile. But he should be warned that if he builds too much from his Wood Pile, He may tie up valuable cards. Only the low-numbered card on each DESCENDING sequence in the Post Piles may be used to build onto a Dutch Pile. Since the prime object of the game is to use up the Blitz Pile, it is to a player's advantage to give preference to playing cards from the Blitz Pile rather than to make plays from the Post Piles or Wood Piles.

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