How To Play Old Maid

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Using only a deck of cards, this simple game can keep children entertained.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A deck of cards
Two or more players

Step 1: Remove one Queen, shuffle, and deal

Remove one Queen from a standard deck, shuffle the cards, and deal them one at a time to each player. Continue dealing until you are out of cards.

Tip: Trick your friends by pretending to have a "tell," acting happy if you have the unmatched Queen and acting upset if you don't.

Step 2: Place pairs

Find pairs in your hand. Place each pair face down in front of you, and have others do the same.

Step 3: Pick one card from the player to your right

Have the player to your right fan their remaining cards face down. Pick one card from their hand to add to yours.

Step 4: Pair your new card

Match your new card with another card in your hand. Put the paired set face down in front of you, or keep the new card in your hand if you can't make a match.

Step 5: Player to the left chooses

Pass the play to the person on your left, with them choosing a card from your hand and discarding any match that's made. Continue to the person to their left.

Tip: Put an unmatched Queen that you want to get rid of in the middle of your hand. Most players pick from the middle, not the edges, of the hand.

Step 6: Keep playing until only the Old Maid card is left

Keep playing and matching cards until the only card that hasn't been matched is the last Queen card. This person left holding the Old Maid card loses.

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[Melfatty89]

the music was too loud to hear her speak

[upinflamezzz]

Get a deck of Old Maid cards much better. I used to love watching the other players expressions when the picked that old hag out of my hand.

[HirasawaYui98]

@gamesleg Ooooh!! I didn´t know!! Thanks for explaining it for me :3

[gamesleg]

@HirasawaYui98 No because it gives players a chance to win if a person has one queen, then they grab another queen they can put it down. Once the players see the queen, they'll try to avoid the person who has one

[HirasawaYui98]

Isn´t this whole wrong? Shouldn´t tou remove ALL the queens, except one?

[DiggityDoglikeDogg]

@AmazinGraceWoahNelly there are 4 queens.

[morpheus9494]

i got nothing out of this video except how to play old maid with a standerd deck of cards instead of old maid cards

[AmazinGraceWoahNelly]

um...... How the heck do u get the old maid if u keep it out of the deck?

[PantryClan]

music is pointless, video sucks. post a new one without music, douchbag.

[RenoZemrak]

hecka fun game

[johnnyboy55cp]

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