Games: TriPeaks

Three peaks, twenty-eight cards, and a pile at the bottom. Take any uncovered card that is one rank above or one rank below the card on the pile — suits don't matter, and an ace goes either side of a king. Clear a card and the one you took becomes the new pile, so the good runs are the long ones: five, six, seven cards without ever touching the deck. Stuck? Turn the next card from the deck, but there are only so many. Every seven cards you clear he takes something off, and the last thing comes off only if you clear all three peaks. Two jokers are hiding in the deck, and a joker takes anything.