To win each battle, you gotta throw hands! Get the coolest cards, throw out your strongest hand, and watch them try to do something about it. Will you sap their stamina with a bunch of small hands or go for the throat with a big hand? The first player to take too much damage loses the round. Win enough rounds to win the war!

Players play hands of either runs or sets, targeting the opponent to their left. That player must play also play a run or set of a higher value, so a 3-3-3 must be beaten by a 4-4-4 or higher. And a 2-3-4-5 must be beaten by at least a 3-4-5-6 or higher. If not, that player takes those cards as three damage, and whatever they did play becomes an attack to the next player.

But beware, many cards have extra effects when attacking or blocking. When a player receives 10 cards as damage, they are knocked out and the round is over. The player with the least damage, and the player who dealt the killing blow each get a winner token. The most winner tokes after a set number of rounds wins the game!