How to Play the Raw War Card Game

The Raw War Card Game is a very simple variation of the classic card game known as War. An astute reader once pointed out that the name Raw is War spelled backwards. That is exactly how the game of the Raw War Card Game is played. The object of the game in the Raw War Card Game is to lose all your cards. The rankings of the cards are also reverse in the game of the Raw War Card Game.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Deck of playing cards

1. Find an opponent or several opponents to play the Raw War Card Game against. The minimum number of players for a game of the Raw War Card Game is two players. The maximum number of players for a game of the Raw War Card Game is four players. The more players, the faster the game of the Raw War Card Game is played.

2. Deal an equal number of cards to each player, discard any cards from the game that result in one or several players having more cards than the other players at the table. Do not allow any player to look at his own cards. Instead, direct each player to place his cards in a face-down pile.

3. Explain to each player that the goal in the Raw War Card Game is to be the first player without any cards in her pile of cards. Announce that the rankings of the cards are the two's are highest, with the Aces being lowest. The Kings are the next lowest compared with the Aces. This means that the traditional ranking of cards is reversed.

4. Ask each player to flip over his top card from his stack of playing cards. The player with the lowest card (which is the highest ranking in the Raw War Card Game) wins all the cards. That player collects all the cards and places them at the bottom of his pile of cards. If there is a tie for the lowest card on the table (the highest ranking in the Raw War Card Game), then a round of war is played.

5. Conduct a round of war if necessary. Each player involved in the tie for the lowest face value card on the table now flips over one card face down from her deck of cards and one face up. The player with the lowest fact value card wins the war, and must collect all the cards on the table.

6. Continue playing until one player has lost all of his cards in his pile of cards. When this occurs, that player is declared the winner.

Tips & Warnings

• Remember, wars are only conducted when multiple players tie for having the lowest face value card on the table.
• If a player runs out of cars during a War, he must use his last card in his hand as the face card used to compare with his opponent(s) to determine the winner of the war.