Be the first to collect all 52 cards in this classic game of chance.The game of war uses a standard deck of 52 playing cards. The deck is shuffled and dealt to the players. Each player plays a card from the top of his stack. The player who plays the highest card wins both cards played, placing them at the bottom of his stack.In the event of two equal cards being played, each player plays an additional three cards face down and an additional card face up. The player with the highest face-up card takes all cards played during the war. Play continues until one player has all 52 cards in his stack.