We love to play cards! Do you? Peanutman and I came up with a new game up whilst we lazed the evening away on the porch swing recently: SQUISH! Perfect, super-simple, luck of the draw game for kids, ages 6/7 and up. Definitely a kids' game b/c 'squish' is such a fun word, and kids love to say it.
picture 1 || example of what a player might be dealt.
How to play SQUISH! (simpler version):
- Deal each player 4 cards. They should be held fan-style facing the player, in the order in which they were dealt. (picture 1)
- Each player takes turns drawing a card at a time from the deck and adding it to the lefthand side of their hand.
- Look for any cards that are sandwiched between 2 cards that are the same suit or 2 cards that are the same number; those cards in-between are 'squished' out and discarded facedown in a random pile off to the side while saying, "SQUISH!" (pictures 2 & 3)
- Play continues this way until all cards have been drawn from the deck.
- Winner is the player holding the fewest # of cards. If 2 players have the same # of cards, then total the face value of each card.
Alternate version (still simple just different):
- When a player discards their squish card(s), they place them face-up in a discard pile.
- The next player can take the top card that's been discarded and pair it up with another card in their hand to squish cards out. It must be added to the lefthand side, and it must be usable right away.
picture 2 || player drew an ace from the deck so the 10 & 8 are squished out, and the aces are moved next to one another.
picture 3 || player drew a queen, then a king of diamonds - so the queen is squished out b/c it's btw 2 cards with a matching suit. the ace of diamonds and the king of diamonds move next to one another.
Jan
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