If these piles become depleted, the central stacks are shuffled individually and are placed face-down as new side piles from which cards can be flipped. When players run out of options for play they simultaneously flip a card from the side piles onto the top of the central piles. Whenever the number of cards in a player's hand drops below five, the player has to take more cards from the draw pile to bring it back up to five cards until the draw pile is depleted. The ace and king can be placed on top of one another, forming a looping sequence. This must be done without hesitating to shuffle cards or otherwise delay the game. Players must then discard their hand cards one by one, using only one hand, matching cards so that each card played is either one number above, one number below, or the same number as the two cards on top of the center stacks. With two players, the round begins when the players flip one of the face-down cards in the centre simultaneously. It is a form of competitive patience similar to Spit.Įach player is dealt five cards to form a hand and 15 cards face down to the side as a draw pile. Speed is a game for two players of the shedding family of card games, in which players try to get rid of all of their cards first. For the video game, see California Speed (video game).
