The POOF-Slinky 0X8-28360 Ideal Hit The Deck is an exciting, challenging and fun card game for the whole family that requires clever strategy and a little luck to win. The object of this addicting card game is to score points by playing HIT, THE and DECK cards in order and by getting rid of all your cards by matching the other cards by kind or color. Play starts with a player starting the discard pile next to the draw pile. The player starts the discard pile by playing any number card from their hand. If the player has no number card to play or does not wish to play a card from their hand, the player must do what the back of the top card of the draw pile indicates. Discard your cards in order to be the first empty-handed player, but you better play your cards right or you may be "hit" by the deck and suddenly have a handful of new cards. When any of the players discards their last card, the hand is over with and players total their scores. After totaling scores each hand, the player to the left of the dealer becomes the new dealer for the next hand and play continues. When a player reaches a total of (50) or more points, the game is over and the winner is the player with the highest score. Ideal"s Hit The Deck Card Game is designed for 2-6-players and includes (108) cards and instructions. Loved by children and trusted by parents for over 100-years, the Ideal brand provides a wide variety of games, activity kits, magic sets and classic toys that parents and grandparents remember from their own childhood years. The POOF-Slinky 0X8-28360 Ideal Hit The Deck Card Game is recommended for children 8-years of age and older. POOF-Slinky is the manufacturer of the world famous Slinky and the top selling POOF foam sport balls in North America, both manufactured in Plymouth, MI and Hollidaysburg, PA. Ideal and Scientific Explorer are other well-known brands, rounding out the POOF-Slinky family. With roots in the toy industry for over 100-years, POOF-Slinky brands continue to grow and broaden. New generations of kids, their parents and grandparents have proven that classic toys never go out of style!