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= GoWarMe = GoWarMe is a game created in March of 2019 by Brett Dobinski, Adam Lynch, and Molly Crafts. It is a combination of the games Go Fish, War, and Rummy. It is played with up to 3 standard decks of 52 cards, and is a game that is good with anywhere from 2 to 6 players and can take anywhere from 5 to 60 minutes based upon scoring rules.

The Goal
GoWarMe has two specific goals in the game. The first goal is within games which is to run out of the cards in your hand. The overall goal of the game is to receive the least points.

The Deal
To start, after shuffling, a dealer deals out all of the cards evenly to each player. There will be an uneven amount of cards dealt to each player if there is an odd number of players playing. To counteract this, just rotate the dealer as play continues. The amount of decks and amount of cards in your hand change depending on the amount of players playing in the game. Those counts are as follows:

Determining Order
Once players have been dealt their cards, order is determined for the round by everyone playing War. Each player flips the top card from their deck, and puts it on the top of their discard pile. If it’s the beginning of the game, a player begins their discard pile with this flip. The highest card will go first, then the second highest card will go second, and so on and so forth. Cards are ranked with Aces high and Twos being the low card. If there is a tie between any two players those two players must re-flip another card to add onto their discard pile until one player has a higher card than the other. This begins each round of play in a hand, so once each player has gone since the last war, there will be another war to redetermine play order.

The Play
When it is the player’s turn players may play molds at any point during their turn and must do one of the following three actions:


 * Pick from their own deck
 * Pick from an opponents (or own) discard pile
 * Play 'Go Fish'

If a player decides to pick from their own deck, they take the top card from their deck, and then after playing any available molds, must discard a card from their hand and end their turn.

If a player decides to select a card from a discard pile, they may take the top card from any player’s discard piles. If the person drawing for a card wants a card under the top card, or any depth under the discard pile, the player must take ALL cards above that desired card as well as the desired card. Then the player may play all available molds, and then must discard a card to end their turn.

If a player decides to ‘go fish’ they may ask any single player for either a number or a specific suit of that number. (i.e. They may ask for 5’s or for a 5 of clubs). The player in question must give up all the cards asked for (i.e. if asked for 5’s the player must give up all 5’s in their hand.) If the player asking for a card is successful, they may play any molds, and discard a card. If a player asking for a card is unsuccessful, they must ‘Go Fish’ and are NOT allowed to discard a card, but are allowed to play molds with this new (or old) card if they are able and choose to.

Molds
Molds are the main way a player gets rid of all their cards and goes out in GoWarMe. Molds are played in the open for everyone to see and play off of. Molds can be started by a player on their turn in one of two ways:


 * Playing 3 (or 4) of a kind of a number
 * Playing 3 (or more) in a row of the same suit

Molds can be played on by other players, if one player has played a mold of 4’s, another player may finish the mold with the last 4 of the group, even if it isn't their pile to start.

Special Mold Rules

 * If playing with 4 or more players, you cannot play two of the same suit in a 3 (or 4) of a kind
 * There cannot be a 5 (or more) of a kind played if playing with more than 4 players, a new mold must be formed to play more than 4 of a kind. If 4 of a kind is reached, then that mold is considered ‘closed’
 * If playing a run of 3 (or more) you cannot ‘wrap around’ with the ace. The ace may be low or high but cannot be both (i.e. you cannot play King-Ace-Two as a run, but can play either Ace-Two-Three or Queen-King-Ace).
 * If there are two existing runs of the same suit, they cannot be combined together, and must stay separated. If combined they could restrict play in 4+ player games.

Going Out & Scoring
A round ends when someone’s turn is over and a player is out of cards. When a player is out of cards, all players count the value of cards in their hands and are given this amount of points for the round. Cards are scored as follows: A game ends when one player reaches a predetermined score, and the player with the least points at this time is declared the winner. An alternate way of determining a winner is by “eliminating” these players and continuing play with less players, until all but one of the competitors is remaining, and they are declared the winner.

Special Case Rules

 * If a player asks a go fish, and this results in the player in question going out, the player who asked for go fish is allowed to finish their turn, and then the round is over.