Global InformationGuandan information
 People play Guandan in Nanjing in 2019 | |
| Genres | Mind sport |
|---|---|
| Players | 4 |
| Setup time | 30 seconds |
| Playing time | Dependent on variation or rules |
| Skills | Observation, Analysis, Memory, Strategies |
Guandan is a shedding-type card game that originated in Jiangsu province, China.
The game in played by four players, sitting opposite each other in partnerships, and uses two decks of standard international playing cards (including the Jokers) for a total of 108 cards. The basic objective of the game is to play increasingly high combinations of cards, so as to empty your hand before your opponents. In Guandan, a team's score is expressed as a level, of which there are 13 levels in total, corresponding to the card ranks from 2 up to A (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, A). In a Game-based tournament, a team only wins the game if it wins on Level A.