Old Maid
Draw cards, put down pairs and avoid being left with the Old Maid, the queen without a partner. You play two computer players.
- Classics
- Free, plays in your browser
- Mouse or touch
- Added 30 October 2026
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Old Maid
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A real run of the game, recorded with captions and no sound.
How to play
- Three players get a deck with one queen removed, so one queen has no partner: the Old Maid. Pairs are put down at the start.
- On your turn, tap a face-down card from the highlighted hand to take it. If it makes a pair, the pair goes down.
- Then the next player takes a card from the player after them, and so on round the table.
- A player with no cards is safe. The last player holding the Old Maid loses.
Controls: mouse or touch. Made by CalcoTools.
Tips and strategy
- Cards you draw stay in your hand in the order you took them, so you cannot hide the queen.
- The computer picks at random, so there is no pattern to read.
- It is luck, so play a few rounds.
- Pairs are any two cards of the same rank.
FAQ
- Which card is the Old Maid?
- The odd queen: the queen of clubs is removed, which leaves three queens and one without a partner.
- Can I see the computer's cards?
- No. They show face down.
- Who goes first?
- You do.
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