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🃏 How to play

Kings in the Corner rules

Solitaire, but social. Build down, move piles and park Kings in the corners.

Players
2–4
Time
15–30 min
You need
Standard playing cards

The goal

Be first to play every card from your hand. Everyone else scores penalty points for cards left — lowest total when someone reaches the target wins.

How a hand works

  1. 1

    Set the cross

    Deal 7 cards to each player. Put the deck in the middle and turn four cards face up around it — north, east, south and west.

  2. 2

    Draw to start

    Begin each turn by drawing one card from the deck.

  3. 3

    Build down, alternate colours

    Play cards onto any pile in descending order and alternating colour — a red 6 on a black 7.

  4. 4

    Kings go in the corners

    Kings can only start the four diagonal corner piles. You may also move a whole pile onto another pile if the bottom card fits, then fill the empty space with any card.

  5. 5

    Go out

    Play as many cards as you like on your turn. The first player to empty their hand wins the hand.

Penalty points (cards left in hand)

  • Each King10
  • Every other card1

End of a hand

  1. 1.Ava goes out.
  2. 2.Leo holds K♠, 4♥ and 9♣ → 10 + 1 + 1 = 12.
  3. 3.Mia holds 2♦ → 1 point.

Winning tips

  • Play Kings into the corners as soon as you can.
  • Moving piles frees up space for the cards you're stuck with.
  • Hold a card that blocks the next player only if you can afford the point.

Popular house rules

  • Some tables play a fixed number of hands instead of a target.
  • Some tables score every card at face value.

Let Roundfello keep score

Roundfello adds up every Kings in the Corner hand for you, with live standings and a champion at the end.

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