Yes, as has been said, aces can be wild, and supersede everything else. Lots of 
poker is like this, except for "deuces wild", which has twos as the wild card.

Teresa

Winging its way from my iPod

> On Aug 24, 2014, at 2:11 PM, "dark" <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Josh.
> 
> About  colours, hearts and diamonds are red, spades and   clubs are black, 
> this only tends to matter in a couple of games though like  euchre and 
> clondike  solitare, usually in  most games you can just take the four suits 
> just as   divisions.
> 
> Also, the card order can vary, sinse in some games the ace counts as 1 and 
> goes before the 2, in others it counts as eleven and goes after the ten, and 
> in still others it counts higher than the king, it all depends upon the rules 
> of the game.
> 
> Amusingly enough, this is why in Tim Powers'  post   neuclear appocalypse 
> novel Dinner at devients  palace, he imagines the rulers of a  future Los 
> angeles   calling themselves "aces" on the basis that they can't be either 
> kings or jokers :D.
> 
> Beware the grue!
> 
> Dark.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh" <joshknnd1...@gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Audyssey] cards?
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> 
>> hi
>> 
>> I understand in cards it goes
>> ace 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 jack queen king...
>> 
>> But what colors are what? what colors is hearts diamonds spades and clubs? 
>> Or are hearts diamonds spades and clubs all different colors because they 
>> are each different suits?
>> 
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