One card lies in the center of the table, face-up. On his turn, each player must decide: Either he takes the card and puts it in front of himself, giving him points equal to the value printed on the card, or he declines the card by putting one of his chips next to it.
The turn to play passes clockwise, and the next player faces the same decision: Either accept the card (including the chip), or decline it and pay one of his own chips. The game goes on this way until all cards have found someone willing to accept them. The player with the fewest points wins. …