This page is based on information from Melanie Giedlin, Lydia Healey, Julia Holm and Cory Cregan.
Introduction
Mar 29, 2019 'James Bond' is an easy, fast-paced card game typically played with 2-4 people. It's a family-friendly game great for children 4 years and older. Create an even number of 4-card piles per player, and swap cards consistently with those in the middle to get 4 of a kind in each pile. This video tutorial will teach you how to play James Bond This video will start by teaching you the general concepts of James Bond, and is followed by the m. James Bond is a fun and faced paced card sorting game. This video shows how to deal and play the game. PROMO CARD: James Bond Alternate Art Card is available while supplies last. This is the 1st Bond expansion for Legendary 007, a James Bond Deck Building Game. It introduces two more classic Bond films, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Licence To Kill. James Bond (also Lemon, Atlantis or Chanhassen) is a matching card game where players compete to see who can assemble piles of four-of-a-kind the fastest. Pagat.com describes it as a widespread children's game which 'seems to be of fairly recent origin', and popular in California.
This children's game seems to be of fairly recent origin - I have not yet seen it described in any card game books - but is already quite widespread. The players race to collect packets of four equal cards by exchanging cards one at a time with a layout of four face up cards.
The game is popular in California but I have also come across players in Sweden, Britain and Finland. It is usually known as James Bond, but there are also people who call it Atlantis or Chanhassen. Mikko Saari reports that in Finland it is called Lännen nopein (Fastest in the West). Probably it has other names in other places. In each case the name of the game is what you shout to claim that you have won.
Players and Cards
A standard 52-card international pack (without jokers) is used. Usually there are two players but it is also possible for three to play.
Deal
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The cards are dealt into face-down piles of 4 cards in front of the players: 6 piles for each player when two play, or 4 piles each if there are three players. The last four cards are placed face up in a row between the players.
Play
When everyone is ready, the dealer yells 'Go!', and play begins. Players pick up one pile at a time, look at the four cards, and if they wish they can exchange a card from the pile they are looking at for a face-up card from the table, the aim being collect four cards of the same rank in each pile - for example four sixes or four queens.
For example, if the pile you are looking at is 4, 4, 7, and K (suit doesn't matter), and the four face up cards are 4, 6, 3, and J, then you might want to trade either the 7 or the K for the 4. Whether you release the 7 or the King will depend on what you think your opponent has. If you saw him/her take a King earlier, then you may want to hold onto your King and play the 7.
Play is simultaneous - there are no turns - everyone plays as fast as they can. However, a player is only allowed to look at one pile at a time. The pile you are holding must be put back face down on the table before can pick up and look at another pile.
You cannot exchange more than one card at a time. If you want two cards from the middle, you must first exchange one card, then another card. There must be four cards in each pile and four cards face up on the table after every exchange.
The first player who manages to collect four matching cards in each of their six piles shouts 'James Bond' and turns their piles face up, to show that they have won.
Variations
Some players say 'book' each time they complete a pile of four equal cards, and 'book, James Bond' when they complete the last pile. Saying 'book' is not required, in fact it may be a disadvantage to give away this information. Players who feel they are ahead do this to put their opponent under pressure.
The word used to claim a win varies from place to place. 'James Bond' seems to be the most widespread, but some use other words such as 'Chanhasse' or 'Atlantis'.
Some groups allow more than one card to be traded simultaneously. For example if you see 4-4-8-9 face up on the table, you would be allowed to grap both fours at once in exchange for two cards from the pile you are currently playing.
OBJECTIVE OF JAMES BOND: Be the first player to get four of the same number cards in all of their card piles.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2 – 3
NUMBER OF CARDS: 52
RANK OF CARDS: A (High), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2,
TYPE OF GAME: Matching
AUDIENCE: Family
James Bond Card Game Setup
THE OBJECTIVE OF JAMES BOND
The aim of James Bond is to be the first person to get four of the same number cards in all of the piles placed in front of you. If no player could make all four (six) of their card piles match, then the player with the most completed card piles is the winner.
HOW TO DEAL
Deal 48 cards into piles of four among each of the players. The remaining 4 cards are placed in the middle, face up. If you're playing with two players, they'll receive six piles of four, whereas a game with three players would have four piles of four. No jokers are used.
HOW TO PLAY
As standard, shuffle a 52-card deck that has had the Joker cards removed from it. Deal 48 of those 52 cards evenly between your players, ensuring that each of their card piles has four cards, and no more. The final four cards are placed in the middle of the players, face-up, for all to see.
The dealer counts down from 3 and says 'Go!'. Once this happens, all of the players pick up one of their card piles. If you have three cards that are all a 2, and there is a 2 card in the middle, you can discard the card that you have in your pile that isn't a 2 and pick up the 2 from the middle in its place.
Players cannot hold more than four cards at a time – this means that they cannot look at their other card piles while trying to match up the pile they're currently holding, and they also can't pick up any cards in the middle until they've put one of their own cards down.
Discarded cards always go to the middle to replace the card the player is taking to complete their card pile. A pile is not complete unless it has all four matching number cards in it.
This page is based on information from Melanie Giedlin, Lydia Healey, Julia Holm and Cory Cregan.
Introduction
Mar 29, 2019 'James Bond' is an easy, fast-paced card game typically played with 2-4 people. It's a family-friendly game great for children 4 years and older. Create an even number of 4-card piles per player, and swap cards consistently with those in the middle to get 4 of a kind in each pile. This video tutorial will teach you how to play James Bond This video will start by teaching you the general concepts of James Bond, and is followed by the m. James Bond is a fun and faced paced card sorting game. This video shows how to deal and play the game. PROMO CARD: James Bond Alternate Art Card is available while supplies last. This is the 1st Bond expansion for Legendary 007, a James Bond Deck Building Game. It introduces two more classic Bond films, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Licence To Kill. James Bond (also Lemon, Atlantis or Chanhassen) is a matching card game where players compete to see who can assemble piles of four-of-a-kind the fastest. Pagat.com describes it as a widespread children's game which 'seems to be of fairly recent origin', and popular in California.
This children's game seems to be of fairly recent origin - I have not yet seen it described in any card game books - but is already quite widespread. The players race to collect packets of four equal cards by exchanging cards one at a time with a layout of four face up cards.
The game is popular in California but I have also come across players in Sweden, Britain and Finland. It is usually known as James Bond, but there are also people who call it Atlantis or Chanhassen. Mikko Saari reports that in Finland it is called Lännen nopein (Fastest in the West). Probably it has other names in other places. In each case the name of the game is what you shout to claim that you have won.
Players and Cards
A standard 52-card international pack (without jokers) is used. Usually there are two players but it is also possible for three to play.
Deal
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The cards are dealt into face-down piles of 4 cards in front of the players: 6 piles for each player when two play, or 4 piles each if there are three players. The last four cards are placed face up in a row between the players.
Play
When everyone is ready, the dealer yells 'Go!', and play begins. Players pick up one pile at a time, look at the four cards, and if they wish they can exchange a card from the pile they are looking at for a face-up card from the table, the aim being collect four cards of the same rank in each pile - for example four sixes or four queens.
For example, if the pile you are looking at is 4, 4, 7, and K (suit doesn't matter), and the four face up cards are 4, 6, 3, and J, then you might want to trade either the 7 or the K for the 4. Whether you release the 7 or the King will depend on what you think your opponent has. If you saw him/her take a King earlier, then you may want to hold onto your King and play the 7.
Play is simultaneous - there are no turns - everyone plays as fast as they can. However, a player is only allowed to look at one pile at a time. The pile you are holding must be put back face down on the table before can pick up and look at another pile.
You cannot exchange more than one card at a time. If you want two cards from the middle, you must first exchange one card, then another card. There must be four cards in each pile and four cards face up on the table after every exchange.
The first player who manages to collect four matching cards in each of their six piles shouts 'James Bond' and turns their piles face up, to show that they have won.
Variations
Some players say 'book' each time they complete a pile of four equal cards, and 'book, James Bond' when they complete the last pile. Saying 'book' is not required, in fact it may be a disadvantage to give away this information. Players who feel they are ahead do this to put their opponent under pressure.
The word used to claim a win varies from place to place. 'James Bond' seems to be the most widespread, but some use other words such as 'Chanhasse' or 'Atlantis'.
Some groups allow more than one card to be traded simultaneously. For example if you see 4-4-8-9 face up on the table, you would be allowed to grap both fours at once in exchange for two cards from the pile you are currently playing.
OBJECTIVE OF JAMES BOND: Be the first player to get four of the same number cards in all of their card piles.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2 – 3
NUMBER OF CARDS: 52
RANK OF CARDS: A (High), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2,
TYPE OF GAME: Matching
AUDIENCE: Family
James Bond Card Game Setup
THE OBJECTIVE OF JAMES BOND
The aim of James Bond is to be the first person to get four of the same number cards in all of the piles placed in front of you. If no player could make all four (six) of their card piles match, then the player with the most completed card piles is the winner.
HOW TO DEAL
Deal 48 cards into piles of four among each of the players. The remaining 4 cards are placed in the middle, face up. If you're playing with two players, they'll receive six piles of four, whereas a game with three players would have four piles of four. No jokers are used.
HOW TO PLAY
As standard, shuffle a 52-card deck that has had the Joker cards removed from it. Deal 48 of those 52 cards evenly between your players, ensuring that each of their card piles has four cards, and no more. The final four cards are placed in the middle of the players, face-up, for all to see.
The dealer counts down from 3 and says 'Go!'. Once this happens, all of the players pick up one of their card piles. If you have three cards that are all a 2, and there is a 2 card in the middle, you can discard the card that you have in your pile that isn't a 2 and pick up the 2 from the middle in its place.
Players cannot hold more than four cards at a time – this means that they cannot look at their other card piles while trying to match up the pile they're currently holding, and they also can't pick up any cards in the middle until they've put one of their own cards down.
Discarded cards always go to the middle to replace the card the player is taking to complete their card pile. A pile is not complete unless it has all four matching number cards in it.
HOW TO WIN
When a player has four of a kind in all of their piles, and their piles are face up to show that they are complete, they can call 'James Bond!' to end the game and show that they are the winner of that round.
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OTHER VERSIONS OF JAMES BOND
There are alternative versions of James Bond for four players, where two players would play in a team against another two players, sharing six piles of four cards between each team, and looking at two piles of their cards at the same time. Again, in this situation, no player should be holding more than four cards at any one time, even while working together to complete card piles.
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Technically, this card game doesn't need a dealer, but having a neutral referee is always helpful with competitive card games.
