User:Maddy Clearwater

= Egyptian Rat Slap (a colloquialism of Egyptian Rat Screw) = A card game that can range from 2 to roughly 10 players, in which players take turns placing cards in a center pile until a legal combination of cards or face card is present, in which case players must slap the center pile in order to win the cards and place then in his/her own deck. This game is a colloquialism of Egyptian Rat Screw and is also known by other names such as: ERS, Rat Slap, Slap, and Egyptian Ratkiller.

Objective
To collect all of the cards dealt out, until no other player has cards left. No score is kept, the person with all of the cards at the end of the game, wins.

Dealing
Assign one player to equally deal out the deck (i.e. standard 52 card deck unless doing the 'Jokers' variation as mentioned later on) to all of the players until no cards are left, unless there are a number of players that would prohibit even distribution, in which case let some players have one more card than others.

The Play
Players take turns placing cards down (face-up) in a center pile going one by one in a clockwise fashion until a face card (including Ace) or a pair presents (or any other combination of cards that the players agree to be legal) itself. When a face card (or Ace) presents itself, the player directly after must 'burn' (discard face-up at the top of the center pile) a certain number of cards in accordance with the value of the face card and the player of the face card then receives the pile as his/her own earnings and adds it to his/her deck, unless another face card presents itself while cards are being burnt in which case no more cards need to be discarded by that player. The next player in the order must then begin to burn cards with respect to the new face-card played. If a pair presents itself, players can slap the pile in order to earn it and claim it as part of their own deck (player that slapped the pile first claims it). The play continues until one player has all of the cards in his/her own deck, in which case they win.

* Invalid Slaps: If a player slaps the pile when a legal combination is not present, that player must 'burn' a card from his/her own deck or pile and place it at the bottom of the center pile.

Face Card Values (Including Ace)
Jack: 1 card must be burned and the player of the Jack wins the pile, if no other face card is present above it

Queen: 2 cards must be burned and the player of the Queen wins the pile, if no other face card is present above it

King: 3 cards must be burned and the player of the King wins the pile, if no other face card is present above it

Ace: 4 cards must be burned and the player of the Ace wins the pile, if no other face card is present above it

Variations
Some variations on this game involve other 'legal' combinations of cards that players can slap in order to win the pile of cards:

- Sandwich: two cards with the same numerical value separated by another card of any value (e.g. A, 5, 8, A)

- Double Decker: two cards with the same numerical value separated by two cards of any value (e.g. 4, 9, J, 4)

- Marriage: a pair involving one king and one queen directly following one another, in no particular order (i.e. Q, K or K, Q)

- Gay Marriage: a variation of marriage involving one jack and one king (i.e. J, K or K, J)

- Straight: when 3+ cards pile up in ascending or descending order (e.g. A, 2, 3 or K, Q, J)

- Jokers: a pair involving two jokers (when jokers are used in play)

- Top Bottom: when the first card of the pile is laid down again. (i.e. K, 5, 10, 3, ..., A, K)

- Neutral 10: a variation in which the play of a ten stops the burning of cards (acting as a face card) resulting from the placement of a face card and play resumes normally afterward

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