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Reminds me of a card game I played as a kid called Egyptian Ratscrew, where one of the possible rules is to slap the deck if a "sandwich" appeared (e.g. a 3, a
by frenchwhisker 3y ago
Reminds me of a card game I played as a kid called Egyptian Ratscrew, where one of the possible rules is to slap the deck if a "sandwich" appeared (e.g. a 3, a J, then another 3), so you always had to keep the card before the last one in your head. I remember variations such as "double sandwiches"—which made the 2-back into a 3-back—and many others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Ratscrew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Ratscrew
- hx8 3y agoI use to colloquially call this game "slap deck" as a kid. The general approach taken was to add a ton of house rules, such that it was a large test of working memory to keep all rules in your head. We kept some simple rules to keep the game approachable for younger children, and older children/teens would continue to add house rules to make the game more complex. In addition, game play would be very fast, and often times patterns would be missed because no one recognized it quick enough. Some of the rules that would sometime appear that I can recall * Put 1 or 2 jokers in. Jokers are slappable * Doubles are slappable (3, 3) * Three (or four) face cards are slappable * Three (or four) cards of the same suite are slappable * Three (or four) consecutive cards are slappable (2, 3, 4, 5) or (5, 4, 3, 2) * A player without cards can 'slap in'
- pradn 3y agoI’ve taught this game to 3 year olds and college students - everyone has fun with it!
- iamwpj 3y agoAhh, thanks for the memories! If it weren't for my slow reflexes, I would have been much better at that game.