point system as noted each card includes a point value 155 160 if a point system is used to score the game each player would accumulate the cumulative number of points set forth in the cards that he or she has laid down that comprise one or more spreads of contiguous states minus the cumulative point value of all unmatched cards still remaining in the player 39 s hand accordingly a specific point goal may be set prior to the start of the game and the first player to achieve that goal would win the game the second variation is played in a manner similar to the classic card game gin this version is played by two players each player receives ten cards the first card of the undealt face down deck is then turned up in the discard pile the player that did not deal has first option to pick up this card and discard another if the player passes the dealer has the option of picking up the turned up card and discarding another if the dealer elects not to select this card the second player draws the first card from the face down deck and then discards a card the object of this version is to make at least two sets of three spreads of contiguous states and one spread of four contiguous states longer spreads of contiguous states are valid as long as they are accompanied by three card spreads or one ten card spread players may either.