Card game flinch instructions

Choose a player to be the dealer and have them shuffle the cards. They will then deal the cards as described above forming the necessary piles. If they have a 1 card that is showing on their Stockpile, they play it to the middle of the table.

This will become the first Play pile. Flip the next card in the Stockpile, if it is also a 1 card, play it to the middle as well. When the card on the Stockpile is no longer a 1, players are to look in their hand for a 1 card. If the player has a 2 card, they may play that on top of the 1 card, but play must continue in numerical order. If there are no cards that are playable, continuing numerical order, the player should play a card into their Reserve pile, saving it for a later time in the game.

Players may play from their Reserve piles, but only when the card is on top of the pile. They are unable to sort through their piles. Play piles go from 1 to 15, at which point they are removed from the table. The player must play any 1 cards he possesses to the playing area. He then has the option of playing any face up cards in his reserve pile, cards from his hand, or the face up card on top of his stack to the playing stacks. A player is never required to play a card ranked higher than a 1, if he does not wish to play it.

If the player uses up all the cards in his hand, he may draw five new cards from the draw pile and continue his turn. Players end their turns by discarding one card face up to form a reserve pile. The first five discards by a player must be to separate piles. After the five reserve piles are formed, a player may place her discard on any reserve pile she wishes. The first person to play all 10 stock cards wins the game of Flinch.

Flinch can be played as a single hand or multiple hands to determine the winner. If you are playing multiple hands, continue playing until one player wins a specified number of hands, such as three wins.

This continues until the player is unable to discard any more cards. The next player does the same. Challenging "Flinch! If they fail to do so, any opponent may call "Flinch!

If you are correct, the player challenged is penalized as above; if not, the challenger draws the penalty. If two players issue a challenge at the same time, the challenger nearest to the left of the challenged player receives the credit or penalty for the challenge. Menu Menu. Chess Go Poker Contract bridge.