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Setting Up
Players should be seated around a central playing area where the board can be placed within everyone's reach. The game may be played by 2 to 12 players, divided into either 2 or 3 teams. Arrange players around the board so their turns alternate within each team before anyone gets a second turn. Each team should have a set of colored marker chips from which to draw.
Dealing the Cards
To begin, each player draws a card from the deck. The player who draws the lowest card becomes the dealer. The dealer shuffles the deck and deals the cards out equally to all players according to the following: 2-player game, 7 cards each; 3 or 4 players, 6 cards; 6 players, 5 cards; 8 or 9 players, 4 cards; and 10 or 12 players, 3 cards.
Game Play
Starting with the player to the dealer's left, each player chooses a card and places it face up, putting a marker chip over a space on the board that corresponds to the card. Play then proceeds to the left, with each player placing a marker chip on the board.
Playing Jacks
The Sequence deck contains 4 2-eyed Jacks and 4 1-eyed Jacks. The 2-eyed Jacks are wild cards, allowing players to place a marker chip on any available space. One-eyed Jacks allow a player to remove one marker from any other space. The only chips that cannot be removed are those already part of a "Sequence."
Dead Cards
Any card without an available space on the board (for example, a wild card took the space first), is considered "dead." Dead cards may be exchanged for a new card on your next turn. When your turn comes, announce that you're exchanging a dead card, place it face up in front of you and draw a new card. Then proceed with your turn.
Winning the Game
The game continues until one of the teams reaches the required number of 5-card Sequences (or completed rows) on the board. Sequences can be vertical, horizontal or diagonal. Two team or 2-player games require 2 Sequences to win; 3-player or 3 team games require only one.