Sevens

Build from the 7s. Empty your hand to win.

Players

Rules

Passes

Wrap

Joker

Standard: the 7s are dealt too, and the 7♦ is played first. If you can play, you must. Pass only when you can’t.

Japanese rules: all 7s start on the table. You may pass even when you can play, but one pass too many puts you out.

Wrap: after the Ace you can play the King of the same suit, and after the King, the Ace.

Joker: put it on an open spot. The player with that card plays it and takes the Joker. If it’s your last card, you lose.

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Dealing the cards

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How to play Sevens

Sevens (also called Fan Tan or Parliament) uses a standard 52-card deck with no jokers. Deal all the cards out, one at a time. The player with the 7♦ starts by playing it in the middle of the table.
On your turn, play one card next to the layout: a 7 to start its suit’s row, or the next card up or down in a suit already on the table (6 or 8 next to a 7, then 5 or 9, and so on out to the Ace and King).
If you can play, you must. If you can’t, you pass. The first player to play all their cards wins, and the rest are ranked in the order they run out.

In Japan, Sevens is called Shichinarabe (“lining up the sevens”). All four 7s go on the table before play, and the player who had the 7♦ goes first.
You may pass even when you could play, to hold back a card the others need. But only 3 passes are allowed (5 in Settings): a 4th pass puts you out, and your cards go on the table where they belong.
Two common house rules can be turned on: wrap-around, where the Ace and King join up, and one Joker, which you can put on an open spot to make the player with that card play it and take the Joker.

You play against 3 computer players (or 2 or 4, in Settings). Choose Easy, Medium or Hard. If you close the page, you can pick up where you left off.
On your turn, the cards you can play are raised with a yellow edge. Tap one to play it, or tap its dotted spot on the table. Press Hint to light up a good card.
To play with friends, press Friends, make a link and send it. Everyone plays on their own phone or computer (3 to 5 players; the computer fills empty seats). No sign-up is needed.
Under Settings, choose Standard or Japanese rules. With Japanese rules, the dots under each name show the passes used. On a computer, use Tab and the arrow keys to choose a card, Enter to play it and P to pass.

When you have a choice, play toward your own cards. Cards near the Ace and King take the longest to become playable, so open their way first.
Hold on to 7s and other cards that only help the others. A 7 you keep blocks a whole suit, but you have to play it when it’s your only legal card.
With Japanese rules, passing on purpose can block the others, but save a pass for when you really can’t play. With the Joker, get rid of it early: if it’s left in your hand, you lose.