[This adding game is not to be confused with the trick-taking game, Ninety-Nine.] From David Parlett's The Penguin Book of Card Games: Said to be a Gypsy game. Deal three cards each and stack the rest face down. Play goes to the left, but may change. Each in turn plays a face up card to the table, announces the total value of all cards played so far, and draws a replacement from stock. Cards count as follows: 2, 5, 6, 7, 8: Face value Black Ace: Changes the total to 0-99, player's choice Red Ace: 2 3, 4: 0 9: Changes the total to 99 10: -10 Jack: 10 and reverse direction of play Queen, King: 10 The total may not exceed 99. The first player to be unable to play, loses a life. The first to lose three lives, loses the game.