I invented this card game while on holiday in France. It's a game for 3 players and uses a standard pack of cards. Deal 17 cards to each player and turn the last card face up. In this game, suits mean nothing. Each player lays down all of their cards that are the card in question, one higher and one lower. e.g. if the upturned card is a 3, then all 2's, 3's and 4's must be laid. Ace's wrap round, so if a king or ace is played, then KA2 and QKA are the valid cards to be laid down. Play begins with the player to the left of the dealer, and they choose 1 (exactly one) card from their hand. The other 2 players can then discard as before, but note that the person who laid the original card CANNOT discard any cards they may have rendered valid in this go. Play proceed anti-clockwise, and the first person to get rid of all their cards wins. Is there a winning strategy? The game can be played with more players, each dealt less cards, turning a card after dealing is optional, and a 'dead pack' can be created so that the cards played have (slightly) less significance. Jon Perry perry@globalnet.co.uk http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~perry/maths/ http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~perry/DIVMenu/ BrainBench MVP for HTML and JavaScript http://www.brainbench.com