Dutch Blitz

The game cards consist of four decks of 40 cards each,
and can be played by two, three or four players.
Each set of Dutch Blitz game cards you purchase contains all 4 decks--160 cards in all.
Each of the four decks has one of four designs on the back: pump, carriage, pail, plow.
Each player chooses one of the deck designs and uses it for the entire game.
[More than four players can play if you have additional decks. Simply mark the designs/backs to distinguish these additional decks from the original 4 decks.]
Within each deck of 40 cards, there are four 10-card suits (red, blue, yellow, green) numbered 1 to 10 within each suit.

Each player thoroughly shuffles his deck of 40 cards (face down, design-side up).
The player then places the top three cards in his deck face up in front of him.
These are the Post Piles. [If only two players are playing, each player creates five Post Piles instead of three.]

Each player then counts the next 10 cards and places them in a pile face up to his right.
This is the Blitz Pile; it should be in line with the Post Piles.
If the player is left-handed, the pile can be placed to his left for easier handling of the cards.
Each player holds the remaining cards of his deck face down in his hand. Everyone is now ready to begin play.

One selected player (usually the scorekeeper) gives the signal to start.
Everyone begins and plays at the same time, until the end of the hand.
If any of the exposed cards in front of a player is a Number 1 card, it must be placed face up in the center of the table to form the beginning of a Dutch Pile
Each Number 1 card starts a new Dutch Pile.
If a player uses a card from one of the Post Piles, the empty space is filled with the top card of his Blitz Pile.
Players should always maintain the original number of Post Piles.
When the top card of the Blitz Pile is used, it is not replaced.
If any player has a Number 2 card of the same color as the Number 1 card in any of the Dutch Piles, he should place it on top of the Number 1 card, then a Number 3 card, and a Number 4 card, etc, in ascending order.

If none of a player's exposed cards can be played on the Dutch Piles,
the player will then count off three cards in his hand.
He will turn the three cards in such a manner that the third card will be on top as they are placed face up before him, thus forming the Wood Pile and at the same time, creating a fifth exposed card (or seventh, if two are playing), that can be played onto the Dutch Piles, if possible.
If no further play can be made, the player will continue to count off three more cards from his hand, turn them face up onto his Wood Pile, and attempt to play the top card.
When all of the cards in a player's hand have been turned over, he will pick up all the cards in his Wood Pile. Without shuffling, he will turn them face down in his hand and again proceed to count off three, and place them face up on the Wood Pile.

Besides playing cards to the Dutch Piles, a player may play any if his exposed cards to one of his Post Piles as follows:
(a) from his Blitz Pile, (b) from his Wood Pile, or (c) from any of his other Post Piles.
If the exposed card comes from a Post Pile, the top card (d) of the Blitz Pile is used as a replacement.
Any card played to a Post Pile must follow a DESCENDING numerical sequence - seven on an eight, etc. In addition, the cards must alternate, boy - girl or girl - boy. [The red and blue cards have a Pennsylvania Dutch Boy illustration; the yellow and green cards have a Pennsylvania Dutch girl.]
When a card is played to a Post Pile, the underlying Post Pile card(s) must be staggered so that they remain visible (both color and number) to all players.

DUTCH BLITZ PLAYING POSITIONS

ENDING THE HAND

When a player uses the last card in his Blitz Pile he shouts "BLITZ!" and all play immediately stops.

SCORING

Each player will count the number of cards remaining in his Blitz Pile and give this figure to the score-keeper.
Do not touch or disturb any of the other cards at this time.
When the scorekeeper has written down these figures, he will gather up all of the Dutch Piles in the center of the table, and place them in one neat stack.
At this point, all of the players will gather in their own Post, Blitz and Wood Pile cards and any cards left in their hand, and set these all aside.
The players will then sort out the Dutch Pile cards that were gathered by the scorekeeper, and return them to the proper player by design--pump, plow, pail and carriage.
Each player will count his cards that were played onto the Dutch Piles and give this figure to the scorekeeper.
The scorekeeper will then compute the score giving credit of one point for each card placed in the Dutch Piles and deducting two points for each card that remained in a player's Blitz Pile. The game is then repeated and another hand is played.

ENDING THE GAME

The first player to score 75 points wins the game. If more than one player reaches 75 points during the same hand, the one with the highest score wins.

Ages 8 through adult. 2, 3, or 4 players.
[Each additional player beyond 4 requires an additional deck; 4 decks are included with each Dutch Blitz Card Game.]

$11.95 your price = $9.95

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