Left Center Right LCR Card Game: Rules for How to Play

Objective

The objective of the Left Center Right LCR Card Game is to be the last player with chips.

Setup

Setup the deck for the game. If you are playing with 5 or more players you should use all 110 cards. If there are only three or four players though, you will only use 55 of the cards in the following distribution:
- 12 L cards
- 12 C cards
- 12 R cards
- 19 Dot cards
Shuffle all of the cards and place them face down in a pile on the table.
Choose a player to start the game.

How to Play Left Center Right LCR Card Game

To start each turn the current player looks at how many chips they currently have. The number of chips the player has determines how many cards they will draw.

0 Chips – Your turn immediately ends.
1 Chip – Flip over one card.
2 Chips – Flip over two cards.
3+ Chips – Flip over three cards.

You will take the corresponding number of cards from the draw pile and flip them over. What is on the cards you flip over determines what you will do with your chips on your turn.

Drawing cards and passing chips — This player had three chips, so they had to draw three cards.

For each L card you flip over, you will pass one of your chips to the player on your left.

Left card — This player drew a L card. They will pass one of their chips to the player on their left.

You will pass one of your chips to the player on your right for each R card you flip over.

Draw a Right card — This player has drawn a R card. They will have to pass one of their chips to the player on their right.

Each C card you flip over, forces you to place one of your chips into the center pot.

Drawing a Center card — This player has drawn a C card. They will put one of their chips in the center pot.

Dot cards are safe. You will not have to pass any chips for each Dot card you flip over.

After you have finished dealing with the cards you flipped over, you will discard the cards. Play then passes to the next player.

Winning the Game

The players will keep taking turns flipping over cards and passing chips. Should the draw pile ever run out of cards, you will shuffle the discard pile to form another draw pile.

The game ends when only one player has chips. The last player with chips wins the game. They score points equal to the number of chips in the center pot.

Winning Left Center Right LCR Card Game — A player has won the game as they are the only player with chips left at the end of the game. There are six chips in the center pile, so this player scores six points.

Left Center Right LCR Card Game FAQ

If you have any questions about how to play the game, leave a comment below on this post. I will try to answer any questions asked as best and as quickly as possible.

Components

24 L Cards
24 C Cards
24 R Cards
38 Dot Cards
Instructions

Year: 1992 | Publisher: George & Company

Genres: Card, Family

Ages: 5+ | Number of Players: 3-12 | Length of Game: 15-20 minutes

Difficulty: Light | Strategy: Light | Luck: High

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Written By:

Eric Mortensen

Eric Mortensen is an owner and head writer on Geeky Hobbies since 2014. He is an avid board game player and collector with over 3,000 board and card games in his collection. Since 2014 he has written more than 1,100 board game how to play guides.