Beggar Your Neighbor is an easy-to-learn card game that can be enjoyed by two or more players.
Eliminate your opponent’s cards to win this game!
Find the video tutorial and written explanation for how to play beggar your neighbor below.
Beggar Your Neighbor Tutorial
Needed
Two or more players; A standard 52 card deck
Deal
All the cards are dealt out. Some players may have one more card than others. The cards are not looked at and remain face down in front of each player.
Objective
The object of the game is to get your opponent to run out of cards.
Game Play
The player left of the dealer is first to play. The player flips the top card of his/her card stack into the middle. If the card is a numbered card (2-10), play continues to the next player clockwise.
If the card played into the middle is a face card or an ace, the next player has to play a face card or an ace as well. Depending on the card played, the next player gets a number of chances to play a face card or an ace.
Aces - Four chances to play a face card or an ace
Kings - Three chances to play a face card or an ace
Queens - Two chances to play a face card or an ace
Jacks - One chance to play a face card or an ace
If a face card or ace is played, the next player has to play a face card or an ace in the allotted chances. If no face card or ace is played, the middle pile is taken by the last player to play a face card or an ace. The cards are added to the bottom of the player’s card stack.
Winning
Once a player is out of cards, he/she is out of the game. The last player with cards wins the game.