President
Climb the ranks by beating each play. 3–7 players.
Also known as Scum and Kings and Peasants.
How to play President
- 1All the cards are dealt out. Twos are the highest cards, then Aces down to threes, the lowest. Suits don’t matter.
- 2The leader plays one card, or two, three or four cards of the same rank. Going around, each player must play the same number of cards of a higher rank, or pass. Once you pass you sit out until the pile is cleared.
- 3When everyone else has passed, the pile is cleared and the last player to play leads anything. The first round is led by whoever holds the 3♣.
- 4Run out of cards to finish. Finishing order gives the titles for the next round: President first, then Vice President, Citizens, Vice Scum, and Scum last.
- 5Before each later round, the Scum hands their two best cards to the President, who gives back any two. The Vice Scum and Vice President swap one card the same way. The Scum leads.
- 6Each round scores one point for every player you finish ahead of. After 5 rounds the highest total wins.
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