How do you style the first letter of words for games and similar entertainment? The default setting is lowercase, though of course there are exceptions.

Names of card games are lowercased except for words normally capitalized, thus poker, but “Texas hold ’em.” Names for other games of chance, whether more or less “legitimate” ones like Russian roulette and bingo, those that straddle both worlds (like craps, which has two forms: casino, or table craps, and street craps), and confidence games like three-card monte, follow the same rules. Names of variations, and other terminology, aren’t capitalized, either.

1. The traditional Go Fish card game rules are as follows: Each player is dealt seven cards face down from the deck. Many players then group these cards together in numerical order to see what cards they should ask for. Usual Go Fish rules dictate that the youngest player goes first. They can ask any other player to give them cards from their hand.
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Those of strategy games such as chess and checkers are lowercased, too (but note “Chinese checkers”), as are names of tile games such as dominoes. Traditional children’s games like tag and hopscotch, and those with more complex names, such as capture the flag, hide-and-seek, and king of the castle, need no special emphasis, either.

Brand names of trademarked games like Monopoly, Scrabble, and Chutes and Ladders are capitalized, but note that it is not necessarily to use registration symbols with them. (You will, of course, note the r in a circle adjacent to the brand name on the game itself and in printed and online literature published by the company, as well as in written materials of any company affiliated or in partnership with the trademark holder, but no other publication is required to include such symbols.)

Names of electronic games follow the same rule. You may also see these names italicized or enclosed in quotation marks; the justification for these styles is that such games have a narrative and are therefore equivalent to films. However, names of kinds of software are capitalized but not italicized.

Names for games like pool and its variants, foosball, air hockey, and other tabletop entertainments should not be capitalized.

Names of competitive sports such as baseball, basketball, and football are lowercase, but note that Major League Baseball is not merely a description of the highest level of professional baseball in the United States but also the official designation and is thus capitalized.

Names of large competitive events are capitalized: Examples include, in the United States, the World Series and the Super Bowl, and internationally, the Olympic Games (informally called the Olympics) and the Pan American Games. (But note that “Highland games” is a description and not the name of a specific event.)

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OBJECTIVE: The objective of the game is to make more sets of four cards of the same rank, than your opponents.

Go Fish Card Game

NUMBER OF PLAYERS:2 – 6 players (Best with at least 3 people)

NUMBER OF CARDS: standard 52-card

RANK OF CARDS: A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2

TYPE OF GAME: Matching

AUDIENCE: Children

How to Deal:

If there are only two players in the game then each player is dealt seven cards. If there are 3-6 players in the game, then each player is dealt five cards. The leftover cards are placed face down and will serve as the draw pile.

How to Play:

Select a person to go first. This person can be chosen at random in any manner of the players choosing. Player one starts by asking another random player for a particular card rank. Example, player one ask player four if they have any jacks in their hand. In order to ask for a card, you must have at least one of those cards in your hand. So if player one asks player four for jacks, player one must have a jack in hand, prior to asking. Player four is required to hand over all jacks in their hand to player one. If you receive a card from another player, you can continue asking that player for cards. If the player does not have the card asked for, then they will tell you to “Go Fish”.

How to Go Fish:

A player must draw a card from the deck pile when they do not receive the card they asked for from their opponent. If they happen to draw the exact card that they asked for, they must hold it up for other players to see, and then they may take another turn. If you draw a different card than the one asked for, then your turn is over and play moves to the player to your left.

How to win:

As mentioned, the goal is to collect sets of four cards of the same rank, rank meaning the value of the card, ex. (8,8,8,8).
When four cards of the same rank are collected, this is called a book. When a player makes a book they must show it to the other players, then they may place it face down in front of them.

Go Fish Card Game Play

The game continues until a player has made books out of all the cards in their hand, or the draw pile is emptied. The player that has collected the most books at this time, is the winner!