Pizza Pursuits™ is a game system not just a single game. You can play many math games for kids and parents and non-math games with these playing cards. When you're ready you can design your own games and set your own rules. Meanwhile here's a basic set of rules to get you started.

1. Number of Players: one to six players.

2. Game Objective: Make one (or more) whole pizza(s) using 4, 5, 6 or 7 cards (pizza slices).

3. The 54-Card Deck contains 52 number cards in four 13-card suits and two jokers.

	The four 13-card suits are Cheese, Pepperoni, Veggie and Sausage Pizza.
	Each playing card pictures one slice of pizza along with its fractional, decimal, percentage and degree values.
	For example, a number-4 card pictures one-fourth slice of pizza and four numerical values: 1/4, 0.25, 25% and 90°.
	Six different number cards in each suit, a number-3, -4, -5, -6, -12 and -20 cards, contain one 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/12 and 1/20 slice of pizza respectively.
	Each suit has TWO number-3, -4, -5, -6, -20 and THREE number-12 cards. You can make two and one-quarter whole pizzas in each suit simultaneously.
	There are 1,012 different whole pizzas (253 per topping) without jokers.
	Two Jokers add 5,576 more winning combinations to total 6,588 unique ways (card combinations) to make a whole pizza.

4. Whole Pizza Combinations -- sample winning hands

You may use four, five, six or seven cards (slices) to make a whole pizza:

	Four cards, e.g., combine or meld two number-3 cards (one-third slices) with two number-6 cards (one-sixth slices);
	Five cards, e.g., two one-fourth, one one-third, two one-twelfth pizza slices;
	Six cards, e.g., two one-fourth, two one-fifth and two one-twentieth slices;
	Meld seven cards (no discard) -- for example, combine two one-fourth, one one-fifth, three one-twelfth and one one-twentieth pizza slices.

5. The Deal

Deal and play are clockwise. The turn to deal passes to the left after each hand.

	First shuffle and cut the cards -- dealer shuffles and the player at his or her right should cut the deck before the deal.
	Dealer deals six cards, one card at a time, face down to each player in clockwise rotation to the left.
	Stack the remaining cards face down on the playing surface to form the stock. Turn over the top card, place it face-up next to the stock to start the discard pile.
	After the deal, players should sort and group their cards into pizza sets (toppings) ready for play.
	Players should conceal their hand at all times; never show your cards or discuss your hand with another player.

6. The Play

The player seated to the left of the dealer begins by drawing one card – the top card of the discard pile on view if desired or the top card of the stock.

The discard pile is face up, so you can see in advance what you are getting.

The stock is face down, so if you choose to draw from the stock you don't see the card until after you have committed yourself to take it. Add the card to your hand without showing it to the other players.

Consider the merits of the new card. Review your cards and strategy. Discard an unwanted card face up on top of the discard pile to complete your turn. You may not draw the top card of the discard pile and discard it in the same turn.

In turn the next player seated to the left draws a card and discards one card.

When the last card of the stock has been drawn, the next player may either draw the top card of the discard pile or -- after turning the discard pile over without shuffling to form a new stock -- may draw the top card of the new stock.

7. The Winner

A winning hand contains one whole pizza (at least – depends upon game) using four, five, six or seven (with the discard) matching pizza cards and / or Jokers.

A player may only declare a winning hand during his or her turn. After drawing from either the discard pile or stock as usual, the winner lays down a complete pizza face up on the table for review by the other players. The winner may make a final discard to end the game or use all seven cards, including the discard.

Unused cards -- not part of the winning pizza -- may be ignored altogether or deducted from the winning score, depending upon the actual game in play.

8. Basic Scoring

Simply tally the number of games won by each player to determine the overall winner at the end of a playing session.

I wish you and yours countless hours of fun and learning. Enjoy!

PS: Be ready! Proficiency should improve your kid's self-confidence and may even generate peer envy! Mastery should lead to new opportunities and greater personal success in life!