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How to Play War
Play the card game War: deal the deck, flip cards, compare, and see who collects them all.
How to Play War: step-by-step guide
War uses one deck and one simple rule: high card wins. Watch the video, then play a round.
Shuffle a full deck of cards.
Deal the cards face down into two even piles, one for each player.
Both players flip the top card of their pile at the same time.
Whoever flipped the higher card takes both cards and puts them at the bottom of their pile.
If the two cards match, each player puts down three cards face down and flips a fourth. The higher card wins all of them.
Keep flipping until one player has all the cards.
