Pair Pounce

• Card Café
• Tap, click, Space or Enter to pounce. Two players: tap your half, or Z and Enter.
• Card
• Quick play
• Fast
• 2 players
• Vs a bot

Tap first when the cards match. The calls get trickier.

Cards flip onto the pile at a steady clip, and the first hand on a match takes the lot. Climb past eight café regulars, each sharper than the last, as new calls join the pairs: sandwiches, tens, suits and runs. Pounce at nothing and it costs you cards. Or put two players on one screen and settle it there.

How to play

1. Cards flip onto the pile in turn. When the top cards make a call, pounce: tap anywhere, click, or press Space.
2. The first pounce takes the whole pile. A pounce at nothing hands two of your cards across the table.
3. Take every card, or hold the most when last call comes, to win the match.
4. Win to open the next regular. New calls join on the way, and a Daily Deck waits each day.

Every way to play is equal here: touch, mouse and keyboard all move at the same top speed. A score means the same on any device.

Tips

• Watch the top two cards, not the whole pile: every call is about the newest cards.
• A false pounce costs two cards, so a half-second look beats a guess.
• Sandwiches hide behind the middle card. Say the rank two back to yourself as each card lands.
• Ahead near last call? Pounce only at what you're sure of: a false pounce hands over two cards.
• Play the Daily Deck to practice new calls before a regular springs them on you.

Questions

How do you play Pair Pounce?

Cards flip onto a shared pile one at a time. When the top cards make a call, such as two of the same rank, the first player to pounce takes the whole pile. Take every card, or hold the most at last call, to win.

What happens if I pounce when nothing matches?

A false pounce hands two of your cards to the other side and locks your pounces for half a second. If you have no cards left, a false pounce ends the match.

What are sandwiches, tens, suits and runs?

Extra calls that join as you climb. A sandwich matches the rank two cards down, a ten is two cards adding up to 10, suited is three of a suit, and a run is three ranks in a row in any order.

Can two people play Pair Pounce on one device?

Yes. Pick Two players on the title card. Each player takes half the screen and taps it to pounce; on a keyboard, one presses Z and the other Enter.

Is Pair Pounce fair on a phone and a laptop?

Every pounce counts the moment a finger, a click or a key goes down, and the cards flip at the same pace on every device.

Is there a daily Pair Pounce challenge?

The Daily Deck is the same 52 cards and three calls for everyone each day. Find every call without a false pounce for three stars.

Achievements

Earn coins for each one. Coins buy hats, outfits and more for your character.

• Pull up a chairBronzeFinish your first match or Daily Deck.10
• Pounce!BronzeWin a match.10
• Today's deckBronzePlay the Daily Deck.10
• Across the tableBronzeFinish a match with two players on one screen.10
• Faster than ZiggySilverBeat Ziggy, or anyone above him.25
• Steady handsSilverBeat Ziggy or anyone above him without a false pounce.25
• Seven decksSilverPlay seven Daily Decks.25
• Secret achievementSilverKeep playing to find it.25
• House rulesGoldBeat Flo.60
• On a rollGoldWin 8 matches in a row against Mei or anyone above her.60
• Secret achievementGoldKeep playing to find it.60
• Thirty decksGoldPlay thirty Daily Decks.60
• House rivalDiamondBeat Flo 100 times.Title: Quickest in the Café150
• Five thousand pouncesDiamondMake 5,000 pounces.Title: Pounce Legend150