Speed the Card Game
Speed the Card Game Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Rules
Each player is dealt five cards to form a hand, and 15 cards face down to form a draw pile. Two stacks of five cards, placed face down on each side between the players, serves as a replacement pile. Finally, two cards are placed face down in the center between the replacement piles.
The round begins when the players each flip one of the face-down cards simultaneously from their own pile.
By using cards from their hand, the players must place cards one above or one below the top card of either pile (suit of the cards does not matter). For example, a pile with a six on top may have a five or a seven placed on it. King and Ace are considered adjacent so that there is a continuous loop of options.
Whenever the number of cards in the players' hands drops below five, they are allowed to draw back up to five cards until their draw pile is depleted.
When a player runs out of options for play they can flip a card from the side piles onto the top of the central piles.
If these piles become depleted, the central stacks are shuffled individually and are placed face-down as new side piles from which cards can be flipped.
You win by running out of cards in your draw pile and hand before the other player and the game is officially over when you shout "SPEED!"