Picking Pears is a light ‘push your luck’ and card drafting game for 2-6 players about collecting fruit in an orchard. The game is played in three rounds, every round the players try to collect the best set of fruitcards to score points. When all three rounds are played the players add up their scores. Got the same kind of set in all three rounds? Score this set a fourth time. The player with the most points wins the game. Artwork for the first PnP version is public domain from Traité des Arbres et Arbustes que l’on cultive en France en pleine terre (1801–1819) by Pierre- Joseph Redouté. Original from the New York Public Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. You can play Picking Pears with a Standard Playing Card Deck. Get rid of the jokers and two's. Every type of fruit is a different suit and 1-12 becomes: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, A.