Jungo

Jungo is a hand-building game in which you try to be the first player to get rid of your cards.

From a deck of 64 cards, with eight copies each of 1-8, players are dealt a hand of cards that they cannot rearrange. The starting player leads a card or a set of cards of the same value – but they can only play several cards if the cards are next to each other in their hand. If cards have been played to the table, you must play the same number of cards with a higher value or a larger set of cards, e.g. 2 < 5 < 3, 3 < 6, 6 < 2, 2, 2 < 1, 1, 1, 1. When you beat someone's play, you can pick up the cards you beat and add them to your hand wherever you like, or you can discard them.

If you cannot or choose not to play, you must pass and draw a card from a face-down pile; some cards have two values, e.g. 1/2 or 5/6, and can be played as any number. You can either add this card to your hand wherever you like, throw it away, or – by virtue of the "jungo" law – play it straight away as part of a combination from your hand that beats what is on the table.

If all players but one pass, the table is cleared and the player who played last leads to an empty table.

The first player to empty their hand wins. Alternatively, as the game is short, you can play several rounds, with the first player to win two rounds winning the game.