# Up and Down - card game?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-and-down-card-game/953093>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** board-card-word-game\
**Created:** [October 24, 2021, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-and-down-card-game/953093 "2021-10-24T07:52:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-and-down-card-game/953093/21 "2021-11-03T17:50:00Z")

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We generally play with 4, 5 or 6 players. With 4 or 5, we deal 10 cards the first hand, down to 1, then back up to 10. With 6, it’s 8 cards in the first hand, down to 1, back up to 8.

Our scoring is similar to what @Maserschmidt posted, with one major difference:

If you make your bid exactly, you get 10 points plus your bid  
If you don’t make your bid exactly, you get 0 points.

Another variation that we sometimes play is that on the first and last hands, there is no trump.

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**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-and-down-card-game/953093/22 "2021-11-04T12:13:06Z")

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Google “Oh Hell.”

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**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-and-down-card-game/953093/23 "2021-11-05T16:50:56Z")

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The recent hearts thread reminded me that there’s a variation, Australian perhaps, of Oh Hell where players pass nearly all their cards before bidding commences. I’ve never played that way but it must make for some interesting decision making.

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**Author:** ![GenieTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5fc32e/32.png) [@GenieTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GenieTX)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-and-down-card-game/953093/24 "2025-08-06T16:12:43Z")

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I remember that game. I think it had 10 rounds. Each one had a goal. Get sets of 3…or pairs …so on. Before anyone else. We played it back in the 60s. If we had to…we’d use an extra deck. I miss playing the game.

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