My Ship Sails facts for kids
"Wizzy, wizzy, wee!"
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| Type | Collecting |
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| Players | 4 |
| Age range | 5+ |
| Deck | French pack |
| Play | clockwise |
| Playing time | 5-10 minutes |
| Random chance | Easy |
| Related games | |
| Ochse, leg dich! | |
My Ship Sails is a fun English card game for kids. You play it with a standard 52-card French pack. This game is all about collecting cards. It might be related to a very old game from the 1600s called My Sow's Pigg'd. In the 1800s, people in Shropshire, England, played a similar game called Wizzy, Wizzy, Wee. The goal was to get cards of the same suit. The first player to do this would throw their cards down and shout "My sow's pigged!" or "Wizzy, wizzy, wee!".
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How to Play My Ship Sails
My Ship Sails is a game for four to seven players. You use a regular 52-card French-suited pack. The main goal is to be the first player. You win by collecting seven cards that are all of the same suit.
Setting Up the Game
- Each player gets 7 cards.
- Put the rest of the cards aside. They are not used in this game.
- Everyone picks up their cards.
Playing a Round
- Each player chooses one card from their hand.
- They place this card face down on the table.
- When everyone has put down a card, you pick up a new card.
- You take the card that the player to your right discarded.
- This new card becomes part of your hand.
Winning the Game
- The game continues with players discarding and picking up cards.
- The first player to get seven cards of the same suit wins!
- When you have seven cards of the same suit, you shout "My ship sails!".
- Then, you lay your winning hand face up on the table.
- If two players finish at the same time, there are two ways to decide the winner:
- The first player to shout "My ship sails!" wins.
- The player with the highest-ranking card in their winning hand wins.
Ochse, leg dich! (Ox, Lie Down!)
Ochse, leg dich! means "Ox, lie down!" in German. It is a similar card game played in Germany and Austria. This game uses 32 French or German cards. It's a simple family game. Many people play it with children. It helps kids learn card values and card suits.
Game Objective
The goal of "Ochse, leg dich!" is to collect all eight cards of one suit.
How to Play
- The dealer gives 8 cards to each of the four players.
- The player to the dealer's left is called the forehand.
- Forehand starts by passing any card they choose to the player on their left. This player is called the middlehand.
- Middlehand then passes a card to the next player, called the rearhand.
- Play continues like this, moving around the table in a clockwise direction.
- Players keep passing cards until someone collects all eight cards of one suit.
Winning and Scoring
- When a player has all eight cards of one suit, they lay them face up.
- They then declare, "Ochse, leg dich!" or "Ox, lie down!"
- The winner gets chips or game counters from the other players.
- Each other player pays the winner based on how many cards they were missing.
- For example, if a player only had five cards of one suit, they pay 3 chips to the winner (because they were missing 3 cards to make 8).
