Flinch is played with a deck of 150 cards numbered 1-15. Players are allowed

to play cards in sequence (building up from 1 to 15) to piles formed in the

center of the table. "1" cards must be played to start the piles, but others

may be played or held at the player's discretion. Cards may be played from a

number of sources: a player's hand (five cards to start), a player's "game

pile" (a stack of 10 cards of which only the top card is face up and

playable), or a player's "reserve piles" (whenever a player passes or

completes a turn, they must add a card from their hand to their reserve piles

- up to five reserve piles may be formed). Hands are continually replenished

with new sets of five cards during the game. The object is to play all 10

cards from game pile to the center of the table.