Egyptian Rat Screw is a fast played game. Winning the game depend on the player's speed and luck. It is also known as the Egyptian War or Slap.With our guide on How to Play Egyptian Rat Screw, you can learn the game from basics, and within 5 minutes, you'll be able to play the game with your friends and family. How to Play Egyptian Ratscrew: Here we'll teach you how to play the fast paced family-friendly card game Egyptian Ratscrew. It's a fairly unknown game with few sources to learn the rules from, so we've included all the necessary information as well as some pictures and instructio.
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OBJECTIVE OF EGYPTIAN RAT SCREW: Collect all the cards in the deck.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2+ players
NUMBER OF CARDS: 52 card deck + Jokers (optional)
RANK OF CARDS: J (high), Q, K, A, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2
TYPE OF GAME: Matching/Collecting
AUDIENCE: All Ages
INTRODUCTION TO EGYPTIAN RAT SCREW
Egyptian Rat Screw (ERS) is a fast-paced game of many names, such as Egyptian Rat Slap, Egyptian Ratkiller, and Egyptian War. The game has similarities to the British game Beggar my Neighbour, as well as Slapjack, Speed, and Spit, with its slapping mechanism.
THE DEAL
Cards are dealt to each player, one at a time, until the whole deck is evenly dispersed. Players cannot look at their cards. After they have received their hand, square the deck so it is neat before gameplay begins.
THE PLAY
Play starts to the left of the dealer. Each player takes the top card of their deck and places it face-up in the middle of the table, one at a time. If the card previous played is a number card, the next player puts a card down too. Play continues like this until a player puts down an Ace, King, Queen, or Jack.
If one of these cards are played, the next player put down an Ace or face card for play to continue on. If they do not place an Ace, King, Queen, or Jack, the player who played one wins the entire pile of cards. This player starts the next round.
This stipulation can be overridden by slapping. The first player to slap the cards wins them.
SLAPPING
Below are the slap rules- when you are allowed to slap and subsequently win the whole pile.
Double: Matching cards are played consecutively. For example, a 6 followed by a 6.
Sandwich: Two cards of equal value are played with one card between them. For example, 10, 6, 10.
Top Bottom: When the same card as the card that started the round is played.
Tens: Two cards played one after the other that total ten. For example, a 6 followed by a 4.
Jokers: Jokers are optional. If they are in play, they may be slapped at any time.
Four in a Row: Four cards in sequence, played consecutively. For example, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Marriage: When a King and Queen are played next to each other. Either Q, K or K, Q.
If you slap the pile by mistake, you must add either 1 or 2 penalty cards to the pile.
END GAME
You may continue playing if you run out of cards by 'slapping in,' that is slapping the pile at the right time before other players. Players should attempt to slap in as long as possible to keep the game going. The game ends once a single player has collected the whole deck.
OTHER RULES
- Hovering over the pile, to slap faster, is not permitted.
- It is legal to drop a card in order to slap the pile.
- If a player slaps the pile incorrectly more than 5 times they are ejected from the game.
- Try to keep the pile in order of which the cards were played.
Also referred to as Egyptian Rat Screw, Egyptian War, Egyptian Ratscurry, Egyptian Ratslap, Egyptian Ratkiller and more, this classic card game, based on the 1860's hit Beggar-My-Neighbor, gained popularity in the 1990's in the United States. Can you slap your way to grabbing the entire deck?
Be the person with the entire 52 deck of cards in your hand to win.
Egyptian Rat Screw Card Game
Play
Shuffle the deck thoroughly and deal the entire deck out to players evenly. Don't look at your cards!
Starting with the player to the left of the dealer, place a card face up in the discard pile. In clockwise fashion, each player continues to place a card in their hand face up into the discard pile until any face card (Ace, King, Queen, Jack) is played or a chance to slap occurs (see below).
When a face card is played, the next player has a limited amount of chances to play another face card on the pile.
Ace – Four chances
King – Three chances
Queen – Two chances
Jack – One chance
Egyptian Rat Screw Cards
Doing so forces the player after them to attempt them same. Failure to do so allows the previous player to collect the entire discard pile and resume play with them. Keep in mind that nobody can see what cards are being played next, so all of this is completely random.
Slap Rules
Often, there are other chances for players to collect cards. This requires the discard pile to meet any of the slap rules below. The first player to see any of these and slap the pile first gets the cards and resumes play with them.
Doubles – When cards of the same value are played consecutively. Ex. a 9 and 9.
Triples – When a double goes unnoticed and a third consecutive card is placed on top of it. Ex. 4-4-4.
Sandwich – When a number is in between two numbers of the same value. Ex. 5-7-5.
Top Bottom (Bottoms Up) – When the card played matches the first card placed in the discard pile. This does not count if burned cards were placed in that pile. Ex. 4-7-2-Q-8-4.
Tens – When a set of two or more cards adds up to ten, face cards included (the ace can count as one). Ex. 3-5-2 or 9-A.
Four in a Row – When four cards are played in acending or decending order in a row. Ex. 7-8-9-J or 5-4-3-2.
If somebody slaps without reason (or when the cards were unslappable), they suffer a penalty called 'burning cards.' They must place two cards at the bottom of the discard pile and resume play with whomever's turn it was next.
RANK OF CARDS: J (high), Q, K, A, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2
TYPE OF GAME: Matching/Collecting
AUDIENCE: All Ages
INTRODUCTION TO EGYPTIAN RAT SCREW
Egyptian Rat Screw (ERS) is a fast-paced game of many names, such as Egyptian Rat Slap, Egyptian Ratkiller, and Egyptian War. The game has similarities to the British game Beggar my Neighbour, as well as Slapjack, Speed, and Spit, with its slapping mechanism.
THE DEAL
Cards are dealt to each player, one at a time, until the whole deck is evenly dispersed. Players cannot look at their cards. After they have received their hand, square the deck so it is neat before gameplay begins.
THE PLAY
Play starts to the left of the dealer. Each player takes the top card of their deck and places it face-up in the middle of the table, one at a time. If the card previous played is a number card, the next player puts a card down too. Play continues like this until a player puts down an Ace, King, Queen, or Jack.
If one of these cards are played, the next player put down an Ace or face card for play to continue on. If they do not place an Ace, King, Queen, or Jack, the player who played one wins the entire pile of cards. This player starts the next round.
This stipulation can be overridden by slapping. The first player to slap the cards wins them.
SLAPPING
Below are the slap rules- when you are allowed to slap and subsequently win the whole pile.
Double: Matching cards are played consecutively. For example, a 6 followed by a 6.
Sandwich: Two cards of equal value are played with one card between them. For example, 10, 6, 10.
Top Bottom: When the same card as the card that started the round is played.
Tens: Two cards played one after the other that total ten. For example, a 6 followed by a 4.
Jokers: Jokers are optional. If they are in play, they may be slapped at any time.
Four in a Row: Four cards in sequence, played consecutively. For example, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Marriage: When a King and Queen are played next to each other. Either Q, K or K, Q.
If you slap the pile by mistake, you must add either 1 or 2 penalty cards to the pile.
END GAME
You may continue playing if you run out of cards by 'slapping in,' that is slapping the pile at the right time before other players. Players should attempt to slap in as long as possible to keep the game going. The game ends once a single player has collected the whole deck.
OTHER RULES
- Hovering over the pile, to slap faster, is not permitted.
- It is legal to drop a card in order to slap the pile.
- If a player slaps the pile incorrectly more than 5 times they are ejected from the game.
- Try to keep the pile in order of which the cards were played.
Also referred to as Egyptian Rat Screw, Egyptian War, Egyptian Ratscurry, Egyptian Ratslap, Egyptian Ratkiller and more, this classic card game, based on the 1860's hit Beggar-My-Neighbor, gained popularity in the 1990's in the United States. Can you slap your way to grabbing the entire deck?
Be the person with the entire 52 deck of cards in your hand to win.
Egyptian Rat Screw Card Game
Play
Shuffle the deck thoroughly and deal the entire deck out to players evenly. Don't look at your cards!
Starting with the player to the left of the dealer, place a card face up in the discard pile. In clockwise fashion, each player continues to place a card in their hand face up into the discard pile until any face card (Ace, King, Queen, Jack) is played or a chance to slap occurs (see below).
When a face card is played, the next player has a limited amount of chances to play another face card on the pile.
Ace – Four chances
King – Three chances
Queen – Two chances
Jack – One chance
Egyptian Rat Screw Cards
Doing so forces the player after them to attempt them same. Failure to do so allows the previous player to collect the entire discard pile and resume play with them. Keep in mind that nobody can see what cards are being played next, so all of this is completely random.
Slap Rules
Often, there are other chances for players to collect cards. This requires the discard pile to meet any of the slap rules below. The first player to see any of these and slap the pile first gets the cards and resumes play with them.
Doubles – When cards of the same value are played consecutively. Ex. a 9 and 9.
Triples – When a double goes unnoticed and a third consecutive card is placed on top of it. Ex. 4-4-4.
Sandwich – When a number is in between two numbers of the same value. Ex. 5-7-5.
Top Bottom (Bottoms Up) – When the card played matches the first card placed in the discard pile. This does not count if burned cards were placed in that pile. Ex. 4-7-2-Q-8-4.
Tens – When a set of two or more cards adds up to ten, face cards included (the ace can count as one). Ex. 3-5-2 or 9-A.
Four in a Row – When four cards are played in acending or decending order in a row. Ex. 7-8-9-J or 5-4-3-2.
If somebody slaps without reason (or when the cards were unslappable), they suffer a penalty called 'burning cards.' They must place two cards at the bottom of the discard pile and resume play with whomever's turn it was next.
Slap In
If you run out of cards, you're not out! If you notice the pile is slapable, you can always slap first to slap right back into the game.
Winning the Game
Slap and collect your way to having the entire deck in your hands!
Variations
Jokers: Put jokers into the game. Playing a Joker is an immediate slap!
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Marriage: Slap the deck when a Queen is placed above or below a King.
