How to Play Nerts Card Game?

Use a standard 52-card deck per player

Deal each player 13 cards face down into a personal stock pile

Deal 4 cards face up in a row next to the stock pile to form the working row

Keep the remaining cards as the draw pile if needed for house rules

The goal is to empty your stock pile before the other players

Build foundation piles in ascending order by suit from Ace to King

Play cards from your working row, stock pile, or hand onto valid foundation piles

Only move a card onto a foundation if it is the same suit and one rank higher

Move cards within the working row in descending order and alternating colors

Reveal a face-down card in the working row whenever a face-up card is moved away

Draw from the stock pile one card at a time when you cannot make a move

Keep playing as many legal moves as possible before ending your turn

Call out when you have emptied your stock pile

Score points based on cards left in opponents’ stock piles and penalties for your own remaining cards if using scoring rules

The round ends when one player empties their stock pile or no more moves are possible under your house rules

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