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| Zero to Hero (2–4 Players) Materials Needed: • deck of playing cards 1. Remove the jacks, queens, kings, and jokers from the deck of cards. • Aces count as 1s. • Red cards are positive. • Black cards are negative. 2. Take turns dealing the cards. Shuffle the cards and deal each player six cards. Place the remaining cards face down in a pile. 3. The object of the game is to assemble groups of cards that add to zero. There is no limit to the number of cards in a group, as long as the sum is zero. 4. The first player lays down a group of cards that add to zero, if there is one. If there are cards remaining in his or her hand, the player draws a card from the pile. Play passes to the next player to the left. 5. The round ends when all the cards in the pile have been drawn or a player has no more cards in his or her hand. 6. The score for each player is the sum of the value of the cards remaining in his/her hand. For the score, count all of the cards as positive. The winner is the player with the lowest score. 7. Play may proceed for as many rounds as the players wish. Keep a running total of the scores. |