Heptagon Prime can be played with 3 to 8 players. Easy enough for children, challenging for adults. Great for extended families. It is best to start with the Beginner level and later the Advanced. If you want to refer to all the detailed rules and concepts you can zoom in on the 2 images on this product listing.

OBJECT OF THE GAME - The object of the game is to be the first to finish playing all your cards. If you cannot be first to play all your cards, then try to have as few cards as possible.

BEGINNER LEVEL INSTRUCTIONS - The person with the lead decides the Prime Play Count of (Play 1) or (Play 2) or (Play 3) or (Play 5) or (Play 7) or (Play 11) or (Play 13). The Cards played from your hand must equal the Prime Play Count. For example, the player in the lead announces (Play 2) and plays a pair of 3"s. The play follows to the left as each player continues to play higher (Play 2) hands until everyone passes because they can not beat the highest (Play 2) hand. Then the winner of the round decides the next Prime Play count (say PLAY 5) and plays 5 cards in the middle and the player to left can Pass or play a higher PLAY 5 card poker hand.

ADVANCE LEVEL INSTRUCTIONS - The advanced version is very similar to the beginner version except that 5 common cards are dealt for everyone to use. Similar to Texas Holdem. You must use at least 1 card from your hand unless you "Pass" and the Cards from your Hand plus your selected Common Cards must equal the Prime Play Count. The common cards allow for more card combinations more complexity and a deeper strategy.

SCORING - At the completion of the deal, everyone counts their cards remaining and tells the scorekeeper. You get one point for each card you have. Remember points are bad. Any score over 19 points gets a Free-Ride (Back to 19 Points) if the winner is not the lowest score. The lowest score is the winner ONLY when they go out of cards on the final deal.