The name of the game is Egyptian Ratscrew (or Egyptian War).
It is fast-pased for two or more players.
First the deck is dealt out (face down) among all of the players.
Next the players shuffle their cards also without looking at them.
The player then take turns flipping the top card from their dealt cards or personal decks face-up onto the pile (The 1st to go starts the pile off)
Face cards and Aces have special meanings for this game. If one of these cards are placed face-up onto the pile, the next player must put a number of cards* on the pile then the pile is handed to the placer of the special card:
*Jack = 1 card
*Queen = 2 card
*King = 3 card
*Ace = 4 card
If the next player happens to put down another special card before the number of cards he/she has to put down runs out... the following person has to begin placing cards based on the interupting special card* Whenever the number of card chances run out, the pile goes to whomever placed the last special card...
Another rule!!
I any two cards of the same type are in order (without another card in between) the pile may be slapped...
Whoever slaps the pile first gets the whole pile.
This may happen any where in the game... even between special cards...
(Optional Rules)
When two of the same card are only interupted by one card, the pile may be slapped... (example: 2,9,2; 3,Ace,3; 4,Jack,4)
Or when two successive cards add up to ten, the pile may be slapped (example: 2+8; 3+7; 4+6; Ace+9)
The point of the game is to obtain all of the cards...
Enjoy!!
I love card games, but thia is one game that I can't stand. My boyfriend and his friends like to and want to play it all the time. Every time I play it with them or watch them play it they slap each others hand so hard. To me the game is very painful.I have watched several people play this game and they just take the slapping part out of hand. I can't wait to see what other card games you post :)
ReplyDeleteI knew about the optional sandwich rule, but not the one where you can slap if the cards add up to ten. By the way, playing without sandwich with you and the others has caused me to really stink when I play with people who do it. My little brother just learned how to play this game and he almost beat me!!! I may not be the greatest with this game, but my little brother beating me is NOT allowed. Luckily, I finally got myself to start reacting to the cards and won, but it was close.
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