Published card games
Ninety-nine
(Web published), 1974
Ninety-nine is a card game published by (Web published) in 1974. It is played with 2 to 4 players, from age 8 and in about 60 minutes.
- players
- 2–4
- minutes
- 60
- years
- 8+
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The box
- Publishers
- (Web published), Games and Puzzles (magazine)
- Designer
- David Parlett
- Year of release
- 1974
- Also known as
- Sphinx
About the game
Ninety-nine is a simple card game based on addition and reportedly popular among the Romani people. It uses one or more standard decks of Anglo-American playing cards in which certain ranks have special properties, and can be played by any number of players. During the game, the value of each card played is added to a running total which is not allowed to exceed 99. A player who cannot play without causing this total to surpass 99 loses that hand and must forfeit one token.More from (Web published)
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