Columns of Cards (Games)

Playing cards stack up quickly to build ancient Greek columns with this new version of an ancient game. Race against the clock and the computer player to control more cards and columns of cards. Also included is "Ace Invaders," where you save the planet from alien "Ace" cards trying to land.

To play the Columns card game:

Tap one of your random ten cards at the bottom of the screen and choose a column to tap and place the card. The computer will then try to control that column by placing a card with a +1 or -1 value of the card that occupies the column. Your legal moves are the same: if a card is at a column, select a card that is plus one or minus one; you can play an Ace on a King, or a King on an Ace to go "around the world." Each card on a column adds up to a total point value which belongs to whoever played last and hence controls that column. Get the most points in three minutes.

To play Ace Invaders:

Drag your Jack of Hearts left or right to avoid lightning bolts and shoot up hearts to pop the aliens trying to land. If you let the aliens land for too long without popping them, and a purple fog reaches the bottom of the screen, you lose and humanity is overtaken by aliens. This is the first level of larger game.