Ninety Nine

Ninety Nine is a race to 99 points, with players scoring for both smart card playing and smart card discarding.

The deck consists of cards numbered 0-10 in ten colors, with each player starting with a hand of six cards and fifteen cards in a reserve pile. Start two discard piles with a face-up card.

On a turn, play one card from your hand into your personal row. Cards in your row must increase in value and be different colors; if you can't play, you must score and discard your row, then start a new one. A row scores the square of the number of cards in it, e.g., a row of four cards is worth 16 points when scored. (You can choose to score your row, if desired.)

Next, you may discard as many cards as you wish onto the discard piles, but each discard must either:

Be the same color as the card covered.

Be exactly one number higher than the card covered.