Old Maid

Old Maid is a classic and easy card game. No one likes to be called an old maid, thus the goal of the game is to try to avoid becoming one!

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The gameplay is simple. The game uses a standard 52-card deck, minus one Queen. The players must form and discard pairs of cards until they have none left. The player that ends up with the odd Queen becomes the Old Maid and loses the game.

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The dealer hands out all the cards, one by one, to the players. It does not matter if a player receives more cards. They first must remove any pairs they may have. Then, they spread their cards face down and offer them to the player on their left to pick one. If the player forms a pair, they can discard it. If not, they spread their own cards and offer them to the next player. The game keeps going until all the possible pairs are formed and only the odd queen is left.