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This game, also known as Card Dominoes, and probably yet other names, involves getting rid of all your cards by playing them to a layout. In the basic game this layout starts with the 7 of each suit and grows outward towards the king in one direction and the ace in the other. For details, here is an archive copy of Melissa Binde's former Fan Tan page.

A Java version of Sevens is available at fwend.com. This version is unusual in that:

• the seven of hearts must be played first;
• the eight must be played as the second card of each suit, before the six;
• as soon as one player runs out of cards, penalty points are scored by all the other players, counting cards at face value (aces 1, pictures 10).

Dupyup.com also has a description of another version of Sevens, played as a drinking game.

In France, the equivalent game is called Domino. The layout can be started with a rank of the first player's choice, and the other suits must then begin with the same rank (as in the Domino contract of the game Barbu). Rules in French can be found on the Domino page of Jean-François Bustarret's site.

Fan Tan can be played on line at the Game Desire web site.