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| Origin | England |
|---|---|
| Type | Matching |
| Players | 2-4 |
| Cards | 52 |
| Deck | Anglo-American |
| Rank (high→low) | A K Q J 7 6 5 4 3 2 |
| Play | Clockwise |
| Playing time | 10 min. |
| Chance | Low-Moderate |
| Related games | |
| Brag | |
Crash is a British card game extension of Nine-card Brag [1] and indeed is sometimes known as Thirteen Card Brag. [2] In Crash, there is no betting, as in Brag, but rather players aim to reach a total of 15 points, gained over successive deals.
Crash is played over much of northern England and Wales from Coventry and Burton-on-Trent in the south to the counties of Cumbria and Yorkshire in the north, also in Welshpool in north central Wales and in South Wales. It is also recorded in Plymouth and Edinburgh, where it is called Crackers. [2]
Crash has many rule variations. [2]
Players are dealt 13 cards each and must sort their hand into 4 Brag hands of three cards, or if you are lucky enough, in 3 sets of 4 of a kind, discarding the last remaining card. The hands rank as in Brag with the highest ranking hand being, 3 threes. All other hands are the same. Once the players have sorted their hands, each plays their highest ranked hand, and the player playing the highest gains one point. If hands are tied, no-one scores. Players then play their second-best hands, then their third best, then final hands. Note that not all players accept 'high card' hands, and many do not accept 'pairs', which means that it is quite common for a player not to have four hands.
Crashing in this game involve a person predicting they are going to win all four hands and calling 'crash'. If they win all after predicting they will win all four hands, usually there is a financial reward. If a player wins all four hands without calling crash, they usually receive a 50 pence reward. If they call crash and do not win all four hands, they usually have to pay a financial penalty of 50 pence to each player (a cost of 50p to £1.50 depending on whether it is 2, 3 or 4 players playing).
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