How to Play War
Description
Flip and compare. Higher card takes both. Everything else is waiting to see what comes up next.
Objective
Win every card in the deck.
Setup
The whole deck is split evenly between two players, dealt face down.
Nobody looks at their cards — they stay in a face-down pile in front of each player.
Rules
Both players flip their top card at the same time.
Whoever's card is higher takes both cards and adds them to the bottom of their pile.
If the cards tie, it's a war: both players lay three cards face down, then flip a fourth — whoever's fourth card is higher takes everything on the table. If that ties too, the war repeats.
Winning
A player who runs out of cards during a war they can't fully lay out loses.
The game ends when one player holds every card in the deck.