Once you play all of the cards in your hand, you’re out. Whenever you get a pair, place the cards face-up on the table. Play continues like this clockwise around the circle. Next, that player fans out their cards for the player to their left, and that player chooses one of their cards. The player to the left of the dealer chooses one of the dealer’s cards. Now, have the dealer fan out their cards face-down. Then, deal out all of the cards, and let everyone place any pairs in their hand face-up on the table. Whoever is left with the odd card out loses! Before you start the game, remove the Queen of Clubs from the deck so there’s an odd number of cards.
The goal of the game is to get rid of all the cards in your hand by making pairs. Old Maid is a fun card game that can be played with 2 to 8 players and a standard deck of playing cards.
