Objective

In Hockey, the goal is to score the most points by taking the cards from the middle via matching the previously played card.

Set-up

1. First, players need to decide partners.
2. Teammates sit across from each other (EXAMPLE: P1 - Team 1, P2 - Team 2, P3 - Team 1, P4 - Team 2)
3. Shuffle the 52 card deck and deal 13 cards to each player.
4. For PlayingCards.io, set the period counter to "1".

Playing the Game

• In Hockey, each round or "period" will start with the player left of the dealer. The role of dealer passes to the left after each period.
• On a player's turn they play a card into the middle. If they match the rank of the previously played card, they take all the cards and score 1 point for their team and the next player in rotation will start a new pile by playing a card. The strategy here is that players want to play cards that they think the next player in rotation cannot match.
• Jacks are block cards and cannot be scored on. This means that a Jack can never be played on top of another Jack. However, a Jack may never be the first card played in a period.

Variants

• 8's may also be used as block cards in the exact same way as Jacks (cannot be scored on and cannot be played as the first card each period).
• 2's can be used as an automatic scoring card. If a 2 is played, it scores the pile no matter what. However, a 2 must be played on top of another card and cannot start a pile.
• Instead of the player left of the dealer starting a period, the player holding the 4 of Clubs would instead start the period.

Scoring

• After each period, the team with the most points wins the difference in points between themselves and the other team (EXAMPLE: Team 1 scored 6 points from their 6 piles taken while team 2 only scored 4 points from 4 piles taken. Team 1 would net a total of 2 points to their overall score.

Winning

The game is played for a total of 3 periods after which the team with the most points wins!