Dutch Blitz Card Game
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- Dutch Blitz is a highly interactive, highly energetic, family-friendly card game that will test your skills, smarts and speed. It's the kind of game that makes your brain work really hard. But because you're having so much fun, you won't even notice.
- In Dutch Blitz, each player has her own deck of forty cards, with cards 1-10 in four colors; red and blue cards show a Pennsylvania Dutch boy, while yellow and green cards show a Pennsylvania.
- In Dutch Blitz, each player has her own deck of forty cards, with cards 1-10 in four colors; red and blue cards show a Pennsylvania Dutch boy, while yellow and green cards show a Pennsylvania Dutch girl. Each deck has a different symbol on the back to aid with card sorting between rounds.
Description
In Dutch Blitz, each player has her own deck of forty cards, with cards 1-10 in four colors; red and blue cards show a Pennsylvania Dutch boy, while yellow and green cards show a Pennsylvania Dutch girl. Each deck has a different symbol on the back to aid with card sorting between rounds.
At the start of each round, each player lays out three cards face up in front of her to create her post piles; places a face-up stack of ten cards, seeing only the top card, next to her post piles to create her blitz pile ; and holds the remaining cards in hand face down.
Playing at the same time, each player tries to empty her blitz pile. If she has a 1 on the top of any face-up stack, she plays it to the center of the table to create a Dutch pile. If she has a 2 of the same color as any 1 on top of a Dutch pile, she can place the 2 on the 1. All cards on a Dutch pile must be played in ascending order and must be the same color. A player can also play from the blitz pile onto a post pile, or from one post pile onto another, but only if the numbers are in descending order and the boys and girls alternate.
If a player can't play anything, she can reveal cards from the stack in her hand, counting them out in groups of three, then laying them face up while revealing only the top card. She can play this top card onto a Dutch pile or post pile as long as she meets the rules for doing so.
As soon as a player empties her blitz pile, the round ends. Each player scores 1 point for each of her cards among the Dutch piles, then loses 2 points for each card remaining in her blitz pile. Players then sort all the cards and play another round. As soon as at least one player has at least 75 points, the game ends and the player with the most points wins.
Note that while the Dutch Blitz: Expansion Pack allows for play of Dutch Blitz with up to eight players (by having differently colored card backs), it is also a standalone game and is therefore listed as a separate edition of Dutch Blitz despite the name.
2-4 players
Ages 8+
15 minute play time
| Players | 2-4 or 8 with an expansion pack |
|---|---|
| Setup time | < 1 minute |
| Playing time | Approximately 5-10 minutes per round |
| Random chance | Medium |
| Age range | 8 and up |
| Skill(s) required | Hand-eye coordination, speed, counting |
Dutch Blitz is a fast-paced, family oriented, action card game played with a specially printed deck. The game was created by Werner Ernst George Muller, a German immigrant from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The game is very popular among the Pennsylvania Amish and Dutch community, and among Christian groups in the United States and Canada (primarily in Mennonite communities). The game is similar to Nerts, which is played with standard playing cards and is in turn based on Canfield, a variant of the classic Klondike Solitaire. Unlike Nerts, Dutch Blitz is played with commercially produced cards.
It is an alternate version of the game Ligretto, manufactured in Germany.[1][2]
Contents[edit]
The game is played with 160 cards, in four decks; Pump, Carriage, Plow, and Pail. Each deck includes 10 Red, 10 blue, 10 green, and 10 yellow cards.
Terminology[edit]
- Blitz Pile
- This pile of 10 cards is the most important pile of cards to each player since it is the key towards 'Blitzing' the other players when all cards from this pile have been cleared.
- Dutch Piles
- Stacks of cards in each of the four colors - 1 through 10 an ascending sequence - placed in the center of the table and played upon by all players. Each player accumulates scoring points here.
- Post Piles
- Groups of cards placed to the left of both the Blitz and Wood piles in descending sequence For each player, the Post Piles serve as a 'trading' or replacement area during the game. There are generally three post piles but in a two person game four or five post piles are often used to prevent the game from stalling.
- Wood Pile
- Stack of cards built to the right of a player, from cards held in that player's hand.
Objective[edit]
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The objective of Dutch Blitz is to score points by playing as many cards as possible on Dutch Piles, and by emptying the Blitz Pile as quickly as possible. This is done by playing cards from the Blitz Pile, Post Piles, and Wood Pile on the Dutch piles.
Point scoring[edit]
The game ends when a player plays all 10 of the cards out of his/her Blitz Pile and yells 'BLITZ!' Each player scores points at the end of each hand as follows:
- Add one point for each card that had been thrown out in the Dutch Piles.
- Subtract two points for each card the player has left in his/her Blitz Pile.
Usually more rounds are played until one player reaches 100 cumulative points, yet some games have gone on for days at a time.
Variations[edit]
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A variation of the game relies on larger sized cards and can be called 'Full Contact Dutch Blitz', 'Running Dutch Blitz' or 'Life Size Dutch Blitz'. The larger cards must be physically run to their respective piles. This can also be a team game and is a popular activity at church retreats.
References[edit]
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