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Trash by Bicycle Games

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Game Type
Family & Kids
Age
6+
Players
2-4

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Objective

Tidy up your trash by flipping over all of your cards in the correct order, from 1 to 10.

How to Win

The first player to flip over all 10 of their cards in the correct order wins.

Setup

The last person to take out the trash is the dealer. Shuffle and deal 10 cards to each player face down in two rows of five. Each facedown card represents a number in order from 1 to 10 (top left is 1, bottom right is 10). Players cannot look at their cards. Place the rest of the cards face down in the center as a draw pile, leaving space next to it for a face‑up discard pile.

How to Play

  • The dealer goes first and play continues clockwise.

  • On your turn, draw a card from the draw pile or the top card of the discard pile.

  • If it’s a number card, find the correct spot in your layout. Swap it with the facedown card in that spot and place the new card face up.

  • Look at the facedown card you just picked up. If that card can also be played, repeat the process.

  • Keep going until you draw an End Turn card or get a number card whose spot is already filled.

  • Discard the unplayable card face up on the discard pile, and the next player takes their turn.

  • If the draw pile runs out during play, shuffle the discard pile to form a new draw pile.

Wild and Steal Cards

  • Wild cards can be placed in any spot.

  • If you later draw the correct number for a spot with a wild card in it, you may swap the number in and move the wild card to a different spot.

  • Steal cards allow you to take one card of your choice from another player and place it in your layout. The player whose card was stolen must draw a new card from the draw pile and place it face down in the empty spot.

How to Win

The first player to flip over all 10 of their cards in the correct order wins.

Extended Play

For more fun, keep playing! After a player flips over all 10 of their cards, they add their cards to the bottom of the discard pile and draw 9 new cards (spots 1–9). Everyone else keeps playing. Each time someone completes their layout, they start a new one with one fewer card. The game continues until a player has only one spot left and wins by filling it with a 1 or a Wild. That player wins the game.