Climbing Games

A climbing game is a card game (although sometimes the tiles are Mahjong-like tiles), in which each player must play a set of cards to beat the set of cards played by the previous player. All cards are played into the middle of the table. If everyone passes, the cards are cleared (in some games being awarded to whoever played last; in others, lined up so everyone can see which cards are no longer a threat) and a new round is started (generally by the winner of the previous round). In many climbing games the high card is the Two rather than the Ace or the highest number.

See (Card) Climbing Games and Their Distinctions.

Some other climbing games listed on pagat:

• Gou Ji (a game played with 4 decks)