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Egyptian Ratscrew

#15712BGG ↗

1975 · 2-10 players · 30min · weight 1.19 · 509 ratings

v2 v3

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ID
15712
Name
Egyptian Ratscrew
Year
1975
Rank
14264
Min players
2
Max players
10
Playing time
30
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
1.1935
Num weights
31
Bayes avg
5.54247
Average
5.78849
Users rated
509
Num owned
366
Wanting
1
Wishing
12
Num comments
166
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:44:52 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (2)
Set CollectionSpeed Matching
Categories (2)
Action / DexterityCard Game
Description (1130 chars)

Description by Wikipedia.org "Egyptian Ratscrew, commonly abbreviated as ERS and also known as Egyptian Rhapsody, Egyptian Rattrap, Slap, Bloodystump, Nuclear Holocaust, Egyptian Rat Race, and Egyptian War, is a card game of the accumulation family, reminiscent of Slapjack and Beggar-My-Neighbour, but more complex. The game is played with a standard 52-card deck (or with multiple standard decks shuffled together with large numbers of players). Each player takes an even share of the deck as their face-down pile. Players take turns laying a single card from the top of their pile. If a face card is played, the player after the player who laid the card has a number of chances to play another face card (J=1, Q=2, K=3, A=4). If they succeed play continues as usual; If they fail, the player who played the last face card claims the entire pile. If, at any time, certain "sets" appear in the pile (usually pairs and sandwiches, but not limited to triples, runs, etc) ANY player may SLAP the pile and claim all the cards. Even a bystander may do this and jump into the game. The game ends when one player has all the cards.

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