Egyptian Ratscrew

Slap doubles and sandwiches to win the pile. 2–6 players.

Also known as ERS, Egyptian War, and Slap.

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How to play Egyptian Ratscrew

  1. 1The whole deck is dealt out face down. Nobody looks at their cards.
  2. 2Take turns flipping the top card of your stack onto the centre pile.
  3. 3Flip a Jack, Queen, King or Ace and the next player has 1, 2, 3 or 4 tries (for J, Q, K, A) to flip a face card or ace of their own. If they do, the challenge passes on; if they run out of tries, the player who started it takes the pile.
  4. 4Anyone may slap the pile at any moment, turn or not. Slap a double (the top two cards match in rank) or a sandwich (the top card matches the one two below it) to win the whole pile. A bad slap costs you a card, tucked under the pile.
  5. 5Tap the pile (or Slap!) to slap. On a keyboard, Space slaps, F flips and T takes the pile. Ties go to whoever's slap landed first.
  6. 6Run out of cards and you're out. Collect every card to win, or after 300 flips the player holding the most cards wins.

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