Omigosh: serious comic alert!
Rules of the card game featured in this comic:
The premise is to get as close to 21 without going over 21. aces are worth 1 or 11, number cards are worth their numbers and picture cards are all worth 10. Everyone is dealt two cards and can then look at their cards before deciding to hold or twist, aka draw another card. They can take as many as they want to raise their score as long as they never exceed 21. When done they can 'stick' and stay at their current score. If they go over 21 they 'fold'.
Being dealt a picture and an ace allows you to become dealer and beats almost anything, even another 21... Except a five-card-flush; getting exactly 21 with 5 cards; that really does beat anything.
Otherwise the person with the number closest to 21 without going over it wins the hand.
In case anyone gets confused, Rosemary intentionally plays to lose in this comic.
Hope that wasn't too confusing. It was hard to draw!
Sorry its not big on jokes, but it forwards the plot! The next one
might be serious, too, after which I'll definately get funny again.
No worries.
(Hands up everyone who saw that coming.)