The entire deck of cards is shuffled and cut. One player is the scorekeeper and uses either the special scoresheet printed in the instructions (it can be photocopied freely) or a piece of plain paper to keep score.
The game can be played by 2 to 6 players. Fundex states there are 16 Rage cards (though its itemized list adds up to only the 14 listed here) and so some editions of the game may have additional Rage cards. There are thus a total of 110 cards in the deck. 96 number cards, divided among 6 colored suits (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) each with 16 values (0-15).The commercial game differs significantly from the traditional version in the use of a proprietary deck with 6 colored suits and the addition of 6 types of special cards that change gameplay. Players bid to take a particular number of tricks, and are awarded bonus points for doing so. Rage is a 1983 trick-taking card game marketed by Fundex Games that is based on the game Oh Hell. ~8 minutes per hand or 41 - 64 Minutes with 2 Players Rage A commercial trick-taking game for 2-6 players
