Burning Cross

Name of the Game: Burning Cross

Deal: 2 cards each

Draws: 0 draws

Wild Cards: little ones in your hand (or dealers choice)

Special Rules: The community cards (5 of them) are arranged face down in the shape of a cross (well, a 'plus' sign really). Each card is turned up one at a time, allowing for a betting round. The centre card is turned up at the end. The player then makes a hand with their two cards and either the vertical or horizontal of row of 3 cards in the 'cross'.

Background: In his final years on earth, St. Francis of Assisi was the first person to experience the stigmata. This moving experience occurred during a game of cards with some friends from the Order of St Clare. Even though the pain experienced as burning, he insisted he finish the hand of this new game with a cross shaped community cards. After his death in 1226, the game was renamed to the burning cross in his memory.


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