How to play Egyptian Ratscrew: Slap Your Friends

Used to play this in middle school and was CONVINCED that the name of this game was so ridiculous that it couldn’t possibly be the actual name of the game. Imagine my surprise decades later finding out that it really is called this. Also, the friend I used to play with all the time was very fond of rings. And much quicker than me. Painful.

Best card game channel ever.

Dang, turns out I was playing this game wrong. I totally get it now. Love the animations and you explained it well.

This is a good refresher! I haven't played this game in over ten years...it's so fun. :]

You should do the game "B.S." it was super popular when I went to school. Everyone played it at lunch.

Used to play this all the time in high school. We used to call it ‘Egyptian War’ instead of Ratscrew but rules were the same. Remember whoever was best at slapping would usually win and there’d be this competition between all of us to try to out do eachother. Fun memories.

After so many videos to understand this game..... this is the best narration 🙏👍

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We use to play this game in Highschool and we were definitely violent with our slaps. We'd leave with red hands

Underrated channel

my friends and i play this game in our free time in a school

Super underrated channel

I always thought it was called “Egyptian raptrack” xD apparently they call it Egyptian rat slap. This game is super popular in my class, I love playing it. The only difference is that whoever placed the face or ace card got all the cards when the next person lost. Also we don’t punish those who slap without needing to or having your hand over it, people dislike it though.

I just found this channel today and LOVE IT - my niece and nephew played many of your games today - THANK YOU! Could you please do Hearts next! 💓💕

Also slap pile when: King and Queen or Queen and King. Same numbers on top and bottom 1 different card between 2 same numbers. example is: 757 Whenever card value equals 10. J Q & K = 0 they are only in middle. ace =1. example: 4 6 When pile shows a joker When 4 cards forwards or backwards in order.

my friend and I used to play this our Sophomore year of highschool but we called it Magicians Rat Slap

In the version I play, 10s cancel the face card rule (i.e., a face card/ace or a 10 will save you from a previous player's face card). Additionally, if you slap incorrectly without any cards, then instead of burning a card (because you have none), you have to "burn your hand", or put your hand under the cards (yes, the place where everyone else is slapping). You may not slap while your hand is in the middle, and you may take your hand out only when someone captures the centre pile (by slap or by face card). Also our win condition isn't to be the last person with cards; it's to be the first to possess all 52 cards. This means that when everyone else runs out of cards, you have to keep playing your cards to the center until you can slap, and others can still slap back in during this time. If everyone runs out of cards and there are no slaps available, the game is drawn. Common slap rules include: - Doubles (x, x) - Sandwich (x, y, x) - Top-Bottom (top = bottom*) - 10s (x, y --> x + y = 10**) - Sandwich 10s (x, y, z --> x + z = 10) - Top-Bottom 10s (top + bottom = 10s) - Marriage (K, Q) - Divorce (K, , Q; basically "marriage sandwich") - Straight (AKA "run"; three consecutive cards in order, i.e., [3, 4, 5] or [2, A, K]) - Flush (three cards of the same suit) - Jokers (slap jokers if they are used) * "Top" refers to the most recently played card, and "Bottom" refers to the card that was played first. Burned cards do not change the bottom. ** A = 1 (so [A, 9] = slap)

Slap Jack is fun

my English teacher is surprisingly really fucking good at this game

lol but slapping extra hard was the best part