The winner is the first player to use up all his cards, although if you wish you can continue to play until all the cards have been used up and all four rows are complete. This is a variation of solitaire where the object is to play all of the cards placed face up in the seven piles, rather than create.
If a player can do neither, they simply skip a turn. A player can also start a new sequence in a different suit by placing any of the other 7s below the 7 of diamonds so that a new row can be built in that suit. Any cards played are placed on either side of the 7, as appropriate, so that the diamonds form a row. This can either go up (8, then 9, then 10 etc) or down (6, then 5, then 4 etc). The game then continues clockwise, with each player, if they can, adding a diamond card to the sequence. The player who holds the 7 of diamonds starts by placing this card down in the centre. The players then sort their cards into sequences in each suit. The entire pack of cards is dealt clockwise and face-down around the group. Also known as Card Dominoes, Parliament or Fan Tan, this is an exiting card game which is simple for children to learn quickly.
