Board Game

Ninety-Nine

Released 0 / 2-13 players / 20-20 min / Ages 0+

Also known as 100, 98, 99, Ninety-Eight, One Hundred, 구십구, 구십구 포켓몬 99

Designer: (Uncredited)

Publisher: (Public Domain), Korea Boardgames

Ninety-Nine cover art

Description

[This adding game is not to be confused with the trick-taking game, Ninety-Nine.]

From David Parlett's The Penguin Book of Card Games:

Said to be a Gypsy game. Deal three cards each and stack the rest face down. Play goes to the left, but may change. Each in turn plays a face up card to the table, announces the total value of all cards played so far, and draws a replacement from stock.

Cards count as follows:


ace to nine: increase the value of the pile by the pip count of the card
ten: reduce the value by ten
jack, queen: the value stays the same
king: the value is set to 98


The total may not exceed 98. The first player to be unable to play, loses a life. The first to lose three lives, loses the game.

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