The Game of 50 States

Play what you capture. Capture to win.

Start with seven cards each, drawn from one deck of fifty states.

Choose one card and press Confirm to see the computer’s choice. Playing the highest card wins the match, but the winning card is discarded from the game. The winner also captures the lower card, available for the next round. Keep any cards you haven’t played and add captured cards to make your next hand. When one player has no unplayed or captured cards left, the other player wins the game.

Your cards are dealt when you press Play.

Your trophies

A star per win; a flag per 50 wins.

Game rules

  1. You and the computer each receive seven random cards from the same fifty-card deck. The other thirty-six cards sit this game out.
  2. Choose a card from your hand, then press Confirm to reveal both choices. The computer picks at random without looking at your choice.
  3. The higher number wins the match. That winning card is discarded from the game; its owner captures the lower card for the next round.
  4. Keep playing until either current hand is empty. Any unplayed cards stay with their owner—only the winning card spent in each match is discarded.
  5. Combine your retained, unplayed cards with your captures to make your next hand. A player with no captures can still continue if they have retained cards. Only a player with an empty combined hand is out; the other player wins.
  6. Every card has a unique statehood rank, so every match has a winner.
  7. Each game you win adds a local star. Every fifty wins earns a flag badge.