Pairing & removal · The Bazaar
Eight cards are dealt in a 2×4 rectangle. Remove pairs of pip cards whose ranks sum to 11 (10+A, 9+2, 8+3, 7+4, 6+5) or remove lone face cards (Jack, Queen, or King — all worth 11). Empty slots refill from the stock automatically. You may also flip a ninth card to a helper slot up to twice during the game to help break difficult positions.
Click a card to select it, then click its pair — or click a face card (J/Q/K) to remove it alone.
Stock
Ninth Card Helper (0/2 used)
Eight Cards is a compact open-layout pairing game. Eight cards are dealt face-up in a 2×4 rectangle; all are available simultaneously. Remove pairs of pip cards (Ace through Ten) totaling exactly 11, and remove each face card (Jack, Queen, King) alone. The stock refills the layout as pairs are removed. The game is won by clearing all 52 cards. An optional ninth card can be dealt face-up into an empty helper slot up to twice.
Eight cards dealt face-up; all available. Legal removals:
After each removal, refill empty board positions from stock. The ninth-card assist may be used at most twice, while the helper slot is empty and stock remains. Win by clearing all 52 cards.
The optional ninth card is Eight Cards’ unique feature. It can break a stuck position by introducing a card not currently visible — potentially completing a pair or providing a face card that can leave alone. A helper card must be removed before the second helper flip is available. Check whether an existing removal would refill a board cell before spending one of the two flips.
Eight Cards is part of The Bazaar · Pairing & removal.
