Geography War -- 2 Players

What You Should Know Before You Play

The object of the game is to get all of the cards.  If you do, you’ll win.  Luck, and the state rankings (from 1^st to 50^th) in size, statehood and population of the GeoPlunge cards you play, determines how well you’ll do. The Alaska card has the best (i.e., 1^st) size ranking, Delaware has the best statehood ranking, and California has the best population ranking.

Use the GeoPlunge cards only, and do not shuffle the deck after the game begins.

How to Play

¨         Deal each player 25 cards. 

¨         Throughout the game, each player at the same time plays face-up his or her then top card.

¨         Throughout the game, compare the best ranking for each of the two cards played. Whichever player played the card with the better best ranking wins the cards (whenever you win cards, put those cards at the bottom of your pile of cards).   For example, if one player plays Maryland, and the other player plays Colorado, the first player would win the cards because Maryland’s best ranking (7^th in statehood) is better than Colorado’s best ranking (8^th in size). 

¨         If the best ranking of each of the cards played is a tie, a Geography War has occurred.  In that case, each player lays face down his or her next four cards, and then plays face-up his or her fifth card.  Whoever’s fifth card is better (has the better best ranking) wins all of the cards.  If it is still a tie, you do the same thing again (this is a Double Geography War).  If a player does not have five cards left at the time of a Geography War, the player lays face-down all but the last card in his or her hand and then plays that last card.

¨         If at any time during the game you play a card that “GeoPlunges” the card played by the other player, you not only win those 2 cards, but the other player must give you the next three cards in his or her hand.  A card GeoPlunges another card if it has a better ranking than the other card in all 3 categories (i.e., size, statehood and population).  For example, Georgia GeoPlunges Maine because Georgia’s size ranking is better than Maine’s, Georgia’s statehood ranking is better than Maine’s, and Georgia’s population ranking is better than Maine’s.