Escalera

This game is played using a 50-card deck (naipes estilo español), with 4 suits: gold, swords, clubs, and cups (oro, espada, basto, y copa). It could be played using all cards except the king in a regular deck, with the ace as 1, and using diamonds as gold.

The player with the 7 of gold plays first. Players take turns (moving clockwise around the table) placing cards. You can play a card one up or one down from any cards currently on the table (played on the 7 but leaving all cards visible), or you can play a 7 from a different suit to start another escalera (staircase) in a new pile. If you can play, you must, otherwise you pass.

The object of the game is to play all of your cards. At the end of each game, players with cards left in their hands receive 1 point per card. When a player receives 15 points, that player is out of the game. Once it is down to 2 players, the player with the fewest points wins (as the game is no fun with only 2 players, since you know what cards the opponent has).