Kings in the Corner

How to play Kings in the Corner

Kings in the Corner is for two players here: you and the computer. Each of you gets 7 cards. Four cards are turned up beside the stock, one on each side (north, east, south and west). The four corners start empty. The aim is to be the first to play every card in your hand.

• Your turn starts with one card drawn from the stock for you. It's marked New in your hand.
• Then play as many cards as you like. A card goes on a pile one rank lower and the other color: a red 6 on a black 7, a black Jack on a red Queen. Aces are low, so nothing goes on an Ace.
• Kings go only into the empty corners. Then the corner piles are built down from the King, like the others.
• If the bottom card of a side pile would go on the top card of another pile, you can move the whole side pile there. The empty side space can then take any card except a King.
• When you've played all you want, choose End turn.
• The first player to play every card wins. The other player is left with penalty points: 10 for each King and 1 for any other card.
• If the stock runs out and neither of you can play, the game is blocked and the lower count wins.

Each pile shows its bottom card and its top card, the two that matter: the next card goes on the top one, and a pile moves by its bottom one. Tap a card in your hand to play it. If it fits more than one place, those places are outlined and you tap the one you want. Undo takes back one step at a time.

Keyboard

Tab moves between the piles, your cards and End turn, and the arrow keys move between your cards. Enter or Space plays a card or chooses a pile. H shows a hint, Ctrl+Z undoes and Escape cancels a choice.