Start your game of Scarab 21 button on the game page.
- Along the left side of the game board, you will see three sections. The first section along the top is the Game Stats section. This contains all of the information regarding your current and overall game records. The next section is the Scoring Chart section, which contains the payoff information for some of the common combinations you can have (although there are many others that you must find on your own). The third section simply shows the card deck information. The card on the right is the current card that you must play.
- The object of the game is to play the current face up card into one of the five columns in order to get that column’s sum to equal 21. By doing so, the column is cleared and you can continue to make plays in order to get more points. You cannot, however, play a card into a column if it would cause the sum to be more than 21.
- The game will continue until you cannot play your current face up card into any of the columns. For example: Say your current face up card is a King, and the sum of all five columns is over 11, then you would not have any place to play the King, so the game is over! Once the game is over, click on the “Collect Points” link to get your points. This will update your total scores and game records.
Bonus moves:
- Jack and Ace Spades = 50 pts
- Two black Jacks in a row = 50 pts
- Straight: The five columns total (in any lorder): (16,17,18,19, 20) = 100 pts
- 5 of a kind: Five cards of the same face value = 100 pts
- Full House: Three 5’s and two 3’s = 200 pts
- Full House: Three 3’s and two 6’s = 200 pts
Maximize your 21’s:The maximum number of 21’s from a standard deck of cards uses 51 of the 52 cards. While there is some randomness when you clear a deck, the following sets are good to keep in mind
- 4 aces + 10 = 4 sets of 21 (8 cards used)
- 11 + 10 = 12 sets of 21 ( 36 cards used)
(11 can be 2 + 9, 3 + 8, 4 + 7, 5 + 6) - 6,7,8 = 1 set of 21 (3 cards used)
- 3,4,5,9= 1 set of 21 (4 cards used)
Tips:
- When trying to get the highest possible score, keep in mind the above Bonuses, but more important, follow the maximum 21’s list. It is more important to keep clearing the deck, than to get the odd ‘great’ bonus. Sometimes you have little choice, take the bonuses as they come. I rarely go out of my way trying to get the Full house or Straight unless I’m nearly finished the deck I’m working on.
