Want to jump right in?

• Play the popular Vietnamese card game: https://thirteen-card-game.netlify.app/
• Grab 3 others, open the link on your phone or iPad ^^, and pass-and-play!

Basics of "Thirteen" card game:

• "Thirteen" is a climbing game, where the goal is to be the first player to finish playing all your cards.
• There are 4 players. The player who goes first is the one dealt the 3 of spades - and must play it in their first combo.
• The following players must either play a "bigger" combo of same type.
• If a player is unable or unwilling to play, they can "pass." This means they are out of the current round and cannot play until a new round begins.
• At the beginning of each new round, the first player to go is whomever won the last round. They can play whatever combo they want.

What combos can be played:

• There are basically 2 types of combos: (1) single/double/triple/or quad of the same card (ex: 10, 4-4, 7-7-7, Q-Q-Q-Q), or (2) straights of 3+ consecutive singles/doubles/triples (also known as a run, ex: 3-4-5, 5-6-7-8-9-10, J-J-Q-Q-K-K).
• A straight must be consecutive and cannot contain any 2s.
• The longest possible straight goes from 3 through A.

Card order:

• By rank: 3s are the smallest, and 2s are the largest. (reminder: 2s cannot be used in straights)
• By suit, smallest to largest: spade, club, diamond, hearts
• Thus, 2 of hearts is largest and 3 of spades is smallest
• The largest card in the combo is what determines what to beat (ex: 4-5-6-7 of clubs can be beaten by 4-5-6-7 of hearts)
• Thus, the largest possible straight has the Ace of Hearts at the top of the straight

The full game rules are here:

• https://www.pagat.com/climbing/thirteen.html