Rainy Day Games

Everyone knows that it's just no fun at all when you're stuck inside on a rainy day, in the middle of summer! Especially when you're on vacation and on a camping trip. Those tents, trailers and RVs are only so big, and when EVERYONE has to pile in, well, there's too many people.

We have tried to think of things for you to do when this happens. Some recommendations that we have, for before you leave home, will include bringing along decks of cards, coloring books and pages, jigsaw puzzles, books, magazines, and other various things to keep you busy. With any luck, it's not going to rain the WHOLE time, right?

But, now it is, and you're stuck. So, here are some card games that we can think of, that don't require any special decks of cards:
 

Take three queens out of a regular deck of playing cards and set them aside. The one remaining queen will be the Old Maid.

The game is played with 3 to 5 people and all of the cards are dealt to the players (it doesn't matter if someone has more cards than someone else).

To play, after the cards are dealt, each player looks at their hand and if they have any pairs (2 cards with the same number) they place them face up in front of them. If you have three of the same card, you have to wait to see if you get the 4th one.

The person to the left of the dealer starts the game. The player to his left draws one card out of that persons hand and if the card makes a pair, it gets laid down. This continues with each player getting a turn at drawing a card from the other persons hand.

The game is over when the only card left is the Old Maid. The person holding the Old Maid at the end of the game loses.