Whoever gets stuck with the odd card out, the Queen of Spades, loses, and is the Old Maid! For game strategies, like how to trick the person to your left into picking the Old Maid card, read on. Once you play all of the cards in your hand, you’re out. Old Maid Card Game Object Name Game, Card Date 1951 est Description Old Maid, ca. 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. Cards Size 4. Now, have the dealer fan out their cards face-down. The Game of Old Maid Kids Game Toy - Colorful Design Great for Children. by Rex Pitts (1940-2021) Old Maid card game manufactured by Chad Valley Co Ltd, mid-1950s. Then, deal out all of the cards, and let everyone place any pairs in their hand face-up on the table. Old Maid card game by Built-Rite toys, Warren Paper Products, Co., c.1960. It's acceptable for some players to have more cards than other players. Deal the cards as evenly as possible among the group. The remaining queen of that same color is the Old Maid.) Choose a dealer. (Alternatively, remove just one queen from the deck.
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. Remove three of the queens from the deck. 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.