How to play Five Crowns

Learn the rules to the card game Five Crowns quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules.

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RULES:
The object of the game is to have the lowest score at the end of 11th round. Shuffle both decks together and deal 3 cards to each player in the first round. Each round, the number of cards dealt is increased by 1. In the second round, deal 4 cards and in the 3rd round deal 5 cards and so on until the last round when each player is dealt 13 cards. Place the deck in the middle of the table then flip over the top card to start the discard pile. Players look at their own cards but keep them hidden from others. The player to the left of the dealer goes first, then play proceeds clockwise. On your turn, either draw 1 card from the top of the draw deck or discard pile. Keep all your cards in your hand until you are able to “go out”. If you are unable to “go out”, you discard 1 card to the discard pile.

To go out, lay down your entire hand of books and or runs on the table in front of you before discarding your last card. A book consists of 3 or more cards of the same value regardless of suit. You may have duplicate suites. A run consists of a sequence of 3 or more consecutive cards of the same suit.

Jokers are always wild cards. There are also rotating wild cards that change every round. the rotating wild cards are based on the number of cards dealt that round. So when 3 cards are delt, the 3’s are wild. 11 cards is jacks, 12 is queens and 13 is kings. Wild cards can represent any value in any suite. You may have multiple wilds next to each other in runs and books.

Once a player goes out, all the other players have 1 more turn. On this final turn, draw like normal, but then you may lay down any books and runs you have in front of you before discarding your card. You are not allowed to play on other player’s books or runs. After your final turn, add up the points from all the remaining cards in your hand. Number cards are worth their face value. Jacks are worth 11, queens 12, kings 13, Jokers 50 and the current wild cards are worth 20 points each. Record each players score on a paper then gather up all the cards and the player to the left of the current dealer becomes the dealer and a new round is played, remembering to increase the deal by 1 card. If the draw pile runs out of cards, shuffle the discard into a new draw pile.

Once the 11th round has been completed, where kings are wilds, then the game ends and the player with the lowest score wins.

[veggiet]

"The game is like normal rummy except for these changes"

[ianp]

my grandpa sometimes get bothered because it seems every other turn I pull a wild card off the deck. But he still has a good time with this

[ODISeth]

I love this game it’s such a blast to play with friends and family. Round 5 is BRUTAL

[emma_lee]

This was so much better than the tutorial video made by the actual game makers!

[kimwallace]

I don't play often but it's a fav at family games night. Takes me awhile to get back into the swing of it so today I watched this ahead of family game night! I'll be prepared today. Thank you. 😊

[brucewhitehill]

Your How-to-Play videos are very well done, and you present the subject in a clear and concise manner. Excellent! If you were talking about a book, instead of a game, however, you would mention the author, right? Well, games have authors, too. It would be nice (and much appreciated) if you would mention the author of the game at the beginning of your video. Thanks. Five Crowns, by the way, was invented by Marsha Jean Falco, a woman known for inventing the game of SET in 1974, which was published in 1988 by her own company..

[karenmcfarland]

Very clearly described and easy to understand 👏

[alejoseito]

Thank you for your great explanation. It helps me a lot. I love this game, I learned to play last year with friends from USA. Now I play it in Guatemala with my family.

[dovahkendov]

I love this game a lot. You should also do a video for the bonus ruleset included for the Five Crowns Solitaire. That would be a cool thing to have a video for as well.

[louiseugeniojr.]

I bought a copy of this card game two years ago from my local Walgreens. When I played it with my family, I won.

[spencerwilliams]

Fantastic video! No fluff, exactly what we needed at game night.

[cubecookie]

finally they brought magic the gathering colors to a standard deck

[scottwenner]

We used to play this game with five people with a double standard deck and it was called 65. I think every hand everyone would throw in 5 cents (or $5) and whoever won the round would win the pot. Score was also tracked in the same manner.

[LeotheTiger]

This is one of my favorites since I bought it off Amazon.

[koppadasao]

If the kings are wild, shouldn't their queens tame them?

[estherbrown]

There is also a junior version and a small, circular version of the Five Crowns card game.

[daphne-bhrp]

Thank you for the very helpful video. Well explained. D

[AdamKyleAntonio]

SIDE NOTE : YOU COULD ALSO PLAY FIVE CROWNS USING A STANDARD DECK OF PLAYING CARDS
SET-UP :
YOU'LL NEED 2 DECKS OF CARDS WITH A TOTAL OF 8 JOKERS AND THE ACES AND TWOS ARE REMOVED BECAUSE IN FIVE CROWNS THE LOWEST CARD IS 3 AND THE HIGHEST IS THE KING
GAMEPLAY :
SIMILAR TO FIVE CROWNS, REMEMBER THERE ARE ROTATING WILD CARDS, EVERY ROUND THE ROTATING WILD CARDS DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF CARDS DEALT IN THE ROUND.
SCORING IS THE SAME AS IN FIVE CROWNS. THE PLAYER WITH THE LOWEST SCORE AFTER 11 ROUNDS WINS!

[bobnden]

in solitaire Do you have to draw and discard for any piles that can be closed after dealing?

[journeyofawave]

Can you have runs or books with 5 or more cards. Or are you limited to 3 and 4?