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Egyptian War Tutorial

By [*Phoenix*]



Players: 3-unlimited
     ^{The more the more fun!}

Equipment: An ordinary pack of face cards
      Note:The more people you have the more cards you may need. You'll be dealing out the entire deck.

Objective: Get all the cards from your opponents.

How to play:

1. Deal all cards, expect Jokers.
^{Variation could include them, but traditionally not played with them.}

2. Don't look at you cards!

3. Each person plays a card, going around in a circle. This is where it gets tricky.
^{I suggest you sit on the floor.}

4. If you see a 6, 9, sandwich, or double, you have to SLAP the cards to earn them. You get the whole pile of cards to add to your stack. Remember not to look at them! If you have very few cards, it's also good to shuffle them so no one can remember the order they were played.
^{Remember! Objective is to get all the cards.}

Sandwich: A sandwich is where one card is stuck between two of the same cards. For example: A 3 is played, then an 8, then another 3. <- That's a sandwich.

If you notice a sandwich after someone has kept playing then you can't go back and slap it. That goes for all cards. If someone plays a 9, then the next person plays a King, you can't slap the 9.

Double: A double is when two cards are played repeatedly. For example: Someone plays a 3 and the next person plays a 3. <- That's a double.

If you're having trouble figuring out who slapped the cards first, a good rule of thumb is to go with who is on the bottom.

5. The game is over when one person has all the cards. BUT WAIT! If you lose all your cards you can slap back in!



This is one of my favorite games. I hope you have fun playing it because it is addicting. Enjoy!
[*Phoenix*]




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