Snap Card Game
A variation of Slapjack with extra slapping, contributed by Justin Huneke
The name of the game is Slap and the object is to have all 52 cards. This game is for 2-4 players and a 52 card deck are needed. You win by slapping on certain cards. Rank of cards are (low to high): 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,J,Q,K,A. Without further ado, let the game begin!
Playing the game
Shuffle the deck and deal out all cards. It’s okay if one person gets an extra card, just make sure you shift dealers every game. Do not look at the cards. Organize them in a pile and shuffle them. The player left of the dealer goes first (the non-dealer in a 2 player game). Each player take turns flipping the top card off their stock and placing them in the center (waste). The way to receive all the cards is to slap on a special combo of cards. Here is what you can slap on:
- Same Suits: You may slap on the face up pile if the top card played is the same suit of the previous card.
- Slap Jacks: You may slap on the face up pile if the top card played is a Jack.
- Plus One: You may slap on the face up pile if the top card played is one card value higher than the previous card.
- Even: You may slap on the face up pile if the top card played is equal value to the previous card.
- Minus one: You may slap on the face up pile if the top card played is one card value lower than the previous card.
- Sandwich: You may slap on the face up pile if the top card played is the same as the card below the one that was previously set. (So in a sandwich, say you lay down a 10 on a 5. If another 10 was below that 5, it is a legal slap)
Snap is a game where players make matches by 'snapping' the puzzle pieces together. It is a 'snap' to learn, as are many of the Gamewright games, but offers variations and strategy so that many age and play levels can participate. Again, as with many of the Gamewright games, it. Complete set of vintage Snap card game. 45 cards, including instructions, all in their original box. Each card measures 3 1/2 in length by 2 1/4 in width. Cards have adorable little animal graphics on them, along with a little saying printed on the bottom of each cards. 4 cards of each. The simple card game - Snap! With a friend in 2 player mode. Or try and beat your Android device in 1 player mode.
If a player makes an illegal slap, they must place the top 2 cards off their stock on the bottom of the waste (face up).
When you make a legal slap, put all the cards from the waste on the bottom of your pile (face down).
Remember, the goal is to get all the cards.
Slap will have you and your opponents on the edge of your seats. It’s just that addictive!
Enjoy!
Snap played with a single pile: two eights in a row is a 'snap' | |
| Type | Matching |
|---|---|
| Players | 2–8 |
| Skills required | Quick reactions |
| Cards | 52 |
| Deck | French-suited |
| Play | Clockwise |
| Card rank (highest first) | A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 |
| Playing time | 5 minutes |
| Random chance | Low-Moderate |
| Related games | |
| Beggar-My-Neighbour, Slapjack | |
Snap is a popular card game in which players deal cards and react quickly to spot pairs of cards of the same rank. Cards are either dealt into separate piles around the table, one per player, or (particularly when played with young children) into a single shared pile.
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Gameplay is related to Egyptian Ratscrew. In China, Snap usually refers to the game Slapjack.
The game[edit]
The pack of cards is dealt out among the players in face-down stacks as equally as possible. Play proceeds with the players taking it in turns to remove a card from the top of their stack and place it face-up on a pile alongside it.[1] If two cards on the tops of any of these piles are ever identical (or, if a conventional pack of cards is used, are of the same number), the first player to shout 'Snap!' takes both face-up piles and adds them to the bottom of their own stack. The player who accumulates all the cards wins.
A 'snap pool' is created from matching stacks if two players shout 'Snap!' at the exact same time, or from a player's own stack if they shout 'Snap!' in error.[1] Players can shout 'Snap pool!' instead of 'Snap!' if the matching cards also match the pool, and may take the pool for doing so. (If multiple players call 'snap pool', the newly matching cards are also added to the pool.)[2]
Variations[edit]
Cards can be played onto a single shared stack, and players call 'snap!' if two consecutive cards on this pile are identical.[1] This makes the game easier for younger children. In this version, players may race to call 'snap' while slapping the central pile, making the game similar to Slapjack.[1]
The game is often one of the first card games to be taught to children and is often played with special packs of cards featuring popular children's characters from television programmes or recent films.
In popular culture[edit]
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In J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels, including Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry and his friends sometimes play a game called 'Exploding Snap', in which some of the cards will explode at random during the game.
In the Goon Show, Eccles will yell 'snap', sometimes during a poker game or while on the telephone.
In other cultures[edit]
In Germany and Austria, the game is known as Schnipp-Schnapp or Spitz, pass auf![3]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ abcd'Rules of Card Games: Snap'. www.pagat.com.
- ^Baierl, Jesse. 'Snap Card Game Rules & Instructions'. Classic Games and Puzzles. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^Gööck 1967, p. 29. sfn error: no target: CITEREFGööck1967 (help)
Literature[edit]
- Gööck, Roland (1967). Freude am Kartenspiel, Bertelsmann, Gütersloh.