Five Crowns

Five Crowns Score Sheet

Five Crowns has their own set of 116 cards for use in this game.

Goal:
To be the player with the lowest score at the end of the 11th round by making your entire hand into books and/or runs.

Wild Cards:
Jokers are always wild cards. There are also rotating wild cards that change every round. The rotating wild cards are based on the number of cards dealt that round. I.E., when three (3) cards are dealt, the 3s are wild, when four (4) cards are dealt, 4s are wild, and so on.

Books:
A book consists of three or more cards of the same value regardless of suit.
Any card in a book can be replaced with a wild card.
You can have as many wild cards in a book as you wish and they can be adjacent to each other.

Runs:
A run consists of a sequence of three or more consecutive cards of the same suit.
Any card in a run can be replaced with a wild card.
You can have as many wild cards in a book as you wish and they can be adjacent to each other.

Deal:
Shuffle both decks together. In the first round, deal three (3) cards, one at a time, in a clockwise rotation, to each player. Each round, the number of cards dealt increases by one. Place the remaining cards in the center of the table to make the draw pile, and flip over the top card to start the discard pile.

Play
The player to the dealer's left goes first and play continues clockwise.
Start your turn by drawing from the draw pile OR picking up the top card from the discard pile. You can only take the top card.
Keep all your books and/or runs in your hand until you are able to go out.
Complete your turn by discarding one card.

Going Out:
Start your turn as normal, then lay down your entire hand in books and/or runs on the table in front of you before discarding your last card.
You must have one card left to discard.

Once a player has gone out, all players have one more turn.
Start your last turn as normal, but lay down any books and/or runs you can before discarding.
All unused cards will count toward your score.
The cards used in books and/or runs are not scored.
Players add up only their unused cards.

At the end of the game, the player with the lowest score wins!

Card Scoring:
Number Cards = Face value
Jacks = 11 points
Queens = 12 points
Kings = 13 points
Jokers = 50 points
Current Wild Card = 20 points


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