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Donkey is a Card game#Shedding games|shedding card game. The game is played with a 52 card on the pack. The game is very popular in Southern states of India.

Number of players
The game can be played Two or more with as many as 13 players

The deck
The game uses a standard 52-card deck with thirteen cards in four suits

Rank of cards
Highest to lowest: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2

The Deal
The first dealer is chosen by a draw for high card, and thereafter the deal passes to the dealer's left after each hand. The dealer Shuffling|shuffles and deals all the cards in the pack in a clockwise direction. Based on the number of cards, some players may have one card lesser than others in their hand.

Game Play
The player with the Ace of Spades starts first. The player can play with any card. The player sheds the card face up. The rest of the players should each play in clockwise direction one card only from the same suit. Players are not allowed to skip their turn.

Cut
If a player does not have a card from the same suit, he 'cuts' the round by playing any card of his liking. This is usually the highest card in player's hand. However, this could be a card that will provide the player a strategic advantage. The round stops upon a cut. The player who has played the highest card till the cut will have to pick all the cards from the round including the card that was used to cut the round. The player who received the cut will start the next round after a cut.

End Game
A round completes when all the active players have shed a card and the round completes without a cut. Cards from a completed round are turned face down and moved out of play. The game continues for as many rounds required for all players to shed their cards. The last person with cards will be the loser.

The loser will be given the Ace of spades as penalty before the dealer deals the cards for the next game. The person with the Ace of Spades is called the 'Donkey'. As the Donkey has already received a card, the dealer will skip the 'Donkey' to maintain the number of cards dealt to each player. In some variations, the 'Donkey' will accumulate one Ace for every continuous game he loses in the order of. As the 'Donkey' starts winning, he/she will reduce the penalty cards in the reverse order he gained them.