How to play Speed

Learn the rules to the playing card game Speed quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules. While there are many variations to Speed, this video covers the original base rules.

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RULES:
The object of this 2-player card game is to be the first player to get rid of all the cards in your hand. Setup. Shuffle a standard deck of playing cards and deal 5 cards to each player forming their hands. Deal 15 cards to each player for a personal draw deck. Place 2 cards in between the players, face-down. Deal 2 face down piles of 5 cards beside the 2 cards.

To begin, both players simultaneously flip one of the face-down cards in the center face up. There are no turns, all play happens simultaneously. You must now discard the cards in your hand, one by one, using only one hand to play, to either of the 2 center piles. The card played must either be one number above or one number below the top card of pile being played to.

Ace is both a high and low card, considered one value above a King as well as one below a 2, so that the cards form a looping sequence. If you have less than 5 cards, you may draw cards from the top of your draw deck, one at a time, and you may not hold more than 5 cards in your hand at a time.

If neither player can play, then both players simultaneously flip a card from the side piles onto the top of the central piles. 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. You may not flip the side piles if you have a legal play.

The first player to play all the cards in their hand and draw pile yells “Speed”, hits the table, and wins. Play multiple rounds to determine the winner of a best of 3.

[dandy]

i loved this game when i was younger but its been so long id forgotten how to play, this is such a great video!! quick, straight to the point, and easy to follow, thank you so much for posting!!

[Mr_van_Der_Linde]

I discovered my new hobby: playing cards

[santoshgames]

I like this fast pace game glad you told me the extra rules I didn’t know before

[natexdoge]

I searched up “how to play speed” just because my friends would play it and I didn’t know how to lmao

[yalibean]

I liked how easy your video was to follow. No fuss, just what we need to know. Thank you

[avivastudios]

This was the awesomest card game I ever played. So simple too.

[xoantwist]

this is easier than reading wikihow lmao

[aubreynoronha]

this game. Thanks for the simple explanation!

[gehirndoper]

Thanks for the clear and concise explanation!

[tsiongutu]

omg sissy!! this video helped me and my lil bro so much! luv ya

[shw_]

I REMEMBER THIS BUT I FORGOT HOW TO PLAY. IT WAS FUN!

[susanjohnson]

Perfect instructions!
Thanks so much :o)

[jama]

Cheers, we played with our hands face up on the table from memory, but so great!

[tattooed]

You're the easiest to understand & explain the best. Thank you

[CloserZero]

I used to play this as a kid and it was called Slap. Except instead of the game ending when you ran out of your cards, once one player ran out you would slap one of the two piles, aiming for the smaller one. Then you would each take your pile and start again. The game would end when one player ended up with all the cards, and said player would lose

[UniqueLove]

I used to play this in middle school and couldn't recall the set up or rules. Thank you for this, about to teach my son and destroy him 😂🧡

[paphitchayasaksaowapak]

What if when you get the same number card facing up don't you shout out something then the loser has to get the two piles add up on their own pile

[julianagomez]

Could I discard the following example: discard a 4 card, then a 5 card, then a 4 card in just ONE pile? Is this a valid way of playing? Thanks a lot.

[carmenhernandez]

If there is a ace can we put A k or a 2s or only 2s?

[bio]

I asked my gaming class what the object was: one kid said "dont look like this guy"