How to Play 102

102 is a fun card game that 2-4 players can play.

Materials:
*a deck of cards (with jokers)
and if you want to be competitive, *a sheet of paper and a pen (to keep track of the score)

The main goal is to get the 10, Jack, Queen, Ace, and King of one suit (hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades). Jack, Joker, Queen, 10 and King are all worth 10 points. Ace is worth 11, and if you get all 5 cards in your hand, your score is doubled to 102. (Remember, they all have to be the same suit)

1. Players draw cards until they have five cards in their hands. (You have to decide which suit you want to do) Player one draws a card.

2. If that card matches the suit that player one is looking for, they keep it and exchange it for a card that they don't want.

3. Once five players have put down cards, the fifth player gets to exchange either one or five cards from the pile (Remember that players put down cards to exchange for a card that they want, so all of the unwanted cards start piling up. At your turn, if the pile has five cards in it, you can exchange one or five cards. Not two, not four, one or five.) If you don't want any of the five, you just push the pile aside and draw. If you get a card, the next player can get a card, too, etc.

4. If you get the full set, wait until it's your turn, then put all the cards down. You win!

Strategies:

You don't have to get the full set. The earlier you put down your cards (remember yet again, they have to be the same suit!), the more likely you'll win because the other players probably won't even have all of their cards matching yet.

Sometimes, some other player will be looking for the same suit as you. Watch what they throw out, and, if they aren't throwing out the suit that you want, you might want to switch suits. Be careful what you switch to, though, because the "unwanted" pile could have the ace that you need. Without the ace, you cannot get 102.