others continue playing without him. the game is over as soon as a player cannot play the minimum number of cards during his turn (i.e. two cards if there are still cards left in the draw pile, or one card, if the draw pile is empty).
how good was the team? when the game is over, count how many cards were not laid in total; that means, the cards left in all the players' hands plus any remaining cards in the draw pile, if any.
less than 10 cards is an excellent result. if all 98 cards were played, you beat the game. from now on you can increase the difficulty level.
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