Guandan

Guandan is a shedding-type card game that originated in Jiangsu province, China. The game is played by four players, in two teams (sitting across from each other). A game consists of a series of hands. Each team has a level, starting at two and progressing (in the manner of a deck of cards) up to Ace. A team levels up from two to Ace by winning hands. Once a team has leveled up to Ace, they can win the game by winning the next hand. A team wins a particular hand if one of their players is the first to discard all of their cards. Within a hand, discards are done across several tricks, and can only be done in specific sets.