8 games
High-Energy Games
Slapping, grabbing, racing and yelling. These are the games that get everybody out of their seats — move the drinks off the table first.
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Cheat
aka BS, I Doubt It
Play cards face down and claim their rank. Call out a liar and they pick up the pile — but guess wrong and it's yours.
- Players
- 3–10
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
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Egyptian Ratscrew
aka ERS, Slap
Take turns flipping cards to a central pile. Slap it on doubles and sandwiches to win the whole stack.
- Players
- 2–6
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
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Kemps
Collect four of a kind and give your partner a secret signal — but don't get caught by the other team.
- Players
- 4–8
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
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Nertz
aka Pounce
Everyone plays solitaire simultaneously onto shared foundations, racing to empty their Nertz pile.
- Players
- 2–8
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Medium
- Coming soonShedding
President
aka Scum, Asshole, Kings
Shed cards by beating the previous play. Finishing order decides who's President and who's Scum next round.
- Players
- 4–8
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonSpeed & slapJ
Speed
aka Spit (US)
Race to play cards one rank above or below the center piles. First to empty their cards wins.
- Players
- 2
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonSpeed & slapJ
Spit
aka Slam, Slam!
Each player builds from their own solitaire-style layout onto shared spit piles. Slap the smaller pile to win the round.
- Players
- 2
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonSpeed & slapJ
Spoons
aka Pig
Pass cards around the table to collect four of a kind, then grab a spoon — the player left without one is out.
- Players
- 3–13
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy