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Bhabhi is a card game played throughout the Indian subcontinent. The objective of the game is to not be the player who still has cards remaining.

It is most commonly played throughout the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, although it is known to be played in Bangladesh.

Playing
The game is played with 3-8 players. The deck is shuffled and then dealt among all of the players presently in the game.

Once all of the cards are dealt out, the player with the ace of spades plays first. The play then goes in order until everyone puts down a card that belongs to the spades suit. Once this is done, the pile is cleared. Since the player who put down the ace of spades played the highest card that round, they go again.

The first play is visualized as follows: North has. so they play first. East then goes ahead and plays, South goes next and plays. West finishes the turn by playing a. The pile is then cleared and North leads the next turn.

With more players, the likelihood of a player not having a card of the spades suit on the first round is significantly higher. Despite that, they must play a card anyway. This card would be a "tochoo" normally. However, the first round sees the pile being cleared no matter if the suits match or not.

Play continues as normal until a player puts down a card of a suit that another player doesn't have. When this happens, the player who put down the highest card in that turn has to pick up all of the cards. A card of a different suit to the one being played is referred to as a "tochoo" or a "thulla" (which is a Hindi slang term for the police).

An example of a tochoo is if North plays and East plays, but South has no cards that belong to the hearts suit, then they are allowed to play a tochoo. South decides to place. Since East played the highest card that round, then they have to pick up all of the cards played.

Some players play with the rule that if a player is at their last card but the card is the highest card played, then they have to go again. For example, South's last card is a. South places this card, West plays a, North plays a and East plays a. South, despite being out of the game, has to take another card out of the waste pile and play it. This leaves them susceptible to a tochoo, which could set them back even further.

Players can also take cards from other players. Some only allow players to take cards from players to their immediate left, but others play with the rule that players can take cards from anyone- and even request that players take their cards.

Winning and losing
Any player that does not have a card, either by successfully shedding their deck or having their cards taken by another player, is out of the game and can not be named a loser. The last person left with cards in their hand is the loser (the "bhabhi"). This person is often made to serve drinks and snacks if playing with a group of friends.

Controversy
The name of the game has been controversial owing to the subcontinent's long history regarding the treatment of women. To avoid these negative connotations, the game can be referred to as "Getaway".