Literature

Literature is a card game for 6 or 8 players in two teams using a shortened version of the standard 52-card pack. The game is sometimes called Fish or Canadian Fish, after the similar Go Fish, or Russian Fish. It is played in Tamil Nadu and Kerala in southern India and in parts of North America. Rules The following rules are based on John McLeod's version at pagat.com: Overview The game is played by six or eight players in two teams. Six is best and is standard in the Canadian game. Players sit in alternating order. Four 8's are removed from a standard French-suited 52-card English pattern pack to leave 48 cards. There are thus eight half-suits of six cards each called sets or books such as "Low Spades" (2 3 4 5 6 7) or "High Hearts" (9 10 J Q K A). Objective The objective is to win more books than the other team.