User manual HASBRO PIT

[. . . ] any player may begin to trade cards with other players. To trade, he takes from his hand one to four card s of the same suit , holds the cards up so that the suits do not show and calls out, "Trade One! [. . . ] For each additional player use an additional suit and discard all other cards. Add the Bull and Bear cards to the deck, shuffle and deal. If five are playing, three players will receive nine cards each and two players ten cards each. Players try to get a corner on any nine cards of one suit. However, players should note the values and penalties attached to the Bull and Bear cards. If a player holds a Bull or Bear card when another player gets a "Corner, " that player loses twenty points from his score or, if he has no score, he is marked minus 20 (-20) for that round. If he has both cards he is penalized 40 points. Don't forget that it is dangerous to retain the Bear card in your hand. Pass it on in trade to your neighbor as soon as you can. If a player holds a Bull card, he can call "Corner " if he can get eight other cards (instead of nine) of the same suit. If a player gets nine cards of the same suit and the Bull card, he calls out, "Double Bull Corner " which doubles the score of the commodity cornered. A player may also call "Corner " if he has nine cards of one suit and one card of another suit by simply laying down the nine cards of one suit and discarding the tenth card. Trading is the same as in the regular game, but if (for example) a player wishes to trade three cards, he would call out, "Three!Three!" and when his opponent returns his call he would hand over two cards of the same suit and a Bear card. [. . . ] Use one Pit deck and trading bell for every five to seven players seated at a table. The first player to win two comers at one table moves to the next table. [. . . ]