Veterans of War is a simple two player card game involving
both luck and strategy. All you need is a regular deck of cards to play the
game, which takes about 15-30 minutes.
The object of the game is to remove 13 cards from your deck before
your opponent. Cards removed from the deck become veterans of war.
Rules:
1.
Divide the deck up into two halves: red cards
(diamonds and hearts) and black cards (spades and clubs). Each player chooses
one half of the deck.
2.
Each card is ranked by its number or letter.
Aces are higher than kings, king are higher than queens, and so on and so
forth.
3. At first, gameplay proceeds as in the well-known card game War.
Both players sides shuffle their deck, and then each flip their top card over.
The highest card wins and is set aside in the victor’s pile. The lower card is considered captured and removed from play. In ties, both cards are removed
from the board. This process continues until both players go through their
hands.
4.
Players then sort through their victor’s piles,
set the order of their cards, and then repeat the process outlined in step 3. Play
proceeds until one (or both) players have all their cards captured or killed.
5.
If one player has a victor’s pile at the end of
the process outlined in steps 3 and 4, the cards in the victor’s pile become veterans of war. They are considered “retired”
from service, and cannot be used for the remainder of the game.
6.
Play continues as in steps 3, 4, and 5, with the
exception that veterans do not “fight.”
7.
Cards must “fight” in one battle to be
considered veterans.
8.
Gameplay is over when one player attains 13
veterans of war.
Tips:
Aces and twos can never be veterans of war. Use them strategically in later rounds.
If you find yourself with a larger victor’s pile
than your opponent, keep your lower-ranked cards in the back, where they will
not run the risk of dying. Having low-ranked veterans is a major advantage.
Have fun!
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