If you have any pairs of cards (two cards with identical animals), click both cards to discard them. How to Play Old Maid: Each player gets ten cards.
We hope you and your little one will enjoy this incarnation of the timeless classic. We specifically optimized the game for small factor, touch screen devices.
So why should you give our version a try? Our game features special 41-card animal deck (2 cards each of 20 different kinds of animals plus one Old Maid card) with authentic animal sounds. It is known in Germany as Schwarzer Peter, in Sweden as Svarte Petter and in Finland as Musta Pekka (all meaning 'black Peter') and in France as le pouilleux ('the lousy/louse-ridden one') or vieux garon ('old boy'). Over the time however the simplicity of the game made it very popular with the kids age 5-10 years old. It is a card-passing game where each player hopes not to end up with the odd card outthe Old Maid. Old Maid is a Victorian card game for two to eight players probably deriving from an ancient gambling game in which the loser pays for the drinks.
