RULES
With a standard 52-card deck (no jokers), start by dealing a row of 7 cards face up laid side by side. The remaining cards you try to play face-up on to the row of 7, first a row of 6, then 5, etc. You can start working on your shorter rows (as they connect) before you finish the longer ones. It ends up looking like a pyramid unless you build down ... then it's an upside-down pyramid. So after you deal the first 7, you turn over the next card from the deck and try to play it somewhere on the first row. You lay it down so that it's overlapping on 2 of the 7. The card you play and the 2 cards you play it on make a set of 3 cards. The set of 3 cards must be all the same suit, the same number, or a run of consecutive numbers (like 7-8-9) in any order. Examples: 8-7-6, Q-10-J, 3-4-2. Aces are wild and they can have multiple identities in relation to the cards around them. Deuces and kings are not considered to be consecutive. There is one other set of 3 that is allowed. It is acceptable if the card you play is the same suit as one card, and the same number as the other. For example, if you have a 3 of spades next to a king of hearts, you can lay a 3 of hearts on them (or a king of spades). If you can't find a place to play a card, you put it in a face-up discard pile. The top card on the discard pile can be used if it later becomes playable. You can choose to not play a card that is playable. Sometimes this is advisable when considering future prospects in the next row. You keep playing cards until you build an upside-down (or right-side-up) pyramid with a final row of 1. If you can do that before running out of cards, you win. Count your remaining cards to determine your score.
RULES With a standard 52-card deck (no jokers), start by dealing a row of 7 cards face up laid side by side. The remaining cards you try to play face-up on to the row of 7, first a row of 6, then 5, etc. You can start working on your shorter rows (as they connect) before you finish the longer ones. It ends up looking like a pyramid unless you build down ... then it's an upside-down pyramid. So after you deal the first 7, you turn over the next card from the deck and try to play it somewhere on the first row. You lay it down so that it's overlapping on 2 of the 7. The card you play and the 2 cards you play it on make a set of 3 cards. The set of 3 cards must be all the same suit, the same number, or a run of consecutive numbers (like 7-8-9) in any order. Examples: 8-7-6, Q-10-J, 3-4-2. Aces are wild and they can have multiple identities in relation to the cards around them. Deuces and kings are not considered to be consecutive. There is one other set of 3 that is allowed. It is acceptable if the card you play is the same suit as one card, and the same number as the other. For example, if you have a 3 of spades next to a king of hearts, you can lay a 3 of hearts on them (or a king of spades). If you can't find a place to play a card, you put it in a face-up discard pile. The top card on the discard pile can be used if it later becomes playable. You can choose to not play a card that is playable. Sometimes this is advisable when considering future prospects in the next row. You keep playing cards until you build an upside-down (or right-side-up) pyramid with a final row of 1. If you can do that before running out of cards, you win. Count your remaining cards to determine your score.