Setting Up The Game
Each player starts out with his/her own deck of a standard 52 card playing cards.
First player starts out by laying out a card face up (row 1). Below that card, place another face down followed by one face up right next to it (row 2). Below that row, place 1st and 2nd card face down and 3rd card face up (row 3). Below that row, place the 1st, 2nd and 3rd card face down, 4th card face up (row 4). This is laid out on players right side. Below 4th row, count out 12 cards face down making a stack with the 13th card face up. Remaining cards, face down in a stack to the left of the stack of the 13 (make sure there is a big space (two hands width in between for a discard pile, cards in discard pile are face up)).
Opposing player copies first players layout.
Highest card on right stack starts the game.
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