Game style
Speed & slap games
Everyone plays at once. Quick hands and sharp eyes win the day in games like Speed, Spit and Egyptian Ratscrew.
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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
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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
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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