Gameplay
A 52-card deck is divided into face-down stacks as equally as possible between all players. One player removes the top card of their stack and places it face-up on the playing surface within reach of all players. The players take turns doing this in a clockwise manner until a jack is placed on the pile. At this point, any and all players may attempt to slap the pile with the hand they didn't use to place the card; whoever covers the stack with his or her hand first takes the pile, shuffles it, and adds it to the bottom of their stack. If another player puts their card over the jack before it is slapped, the jack and the cards underneath can't be taken by a player until the next jack is revealed. When a player has run out of cards, they have one more chance to slap a jack and get back in the game, but if they fail, they are out. Gameplay continues with hands of this sort until one player has acquired all of the cards. In a popular variation with a regular deck, the person covering the cards must simultaneously say "Slapjack!" If the person fails to say this, they do not get the pile. Additionally, if the player covers the pile and says "Slapjack", and the card is not a jack, then the other players get to divide the pile evenly among themselves.Variations
Snap
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This variation is played with a traditional deck of cards and complications are added as to appeal to a slightly older demographic. A standard 54 (including jokers) deck of cards is dealt face down to the players. Simultaneously, all players turn over their top card. If any two cards show the same number, OR a joker is played by any player, the first player to cry out (traditionally the word 'snap' but any cry will do) receives all of the cards played. If none is played, players turn over the next card in their deck. When a player runs out of cards, they have until the end of the trick AND the next trick to attempt to win themselves cards. After this they are eliminated. Eliminated players act as judges as to who cries out first. The player with all of the cards at the end wins.Irish Snap
Irish Snap is aAlternative rules
Other commonly accepted rules include: *If the card laid is identical in rank to the one beneath it, all players snap. *If the card laid is a queen, all players snap. *If a seven (or another rank of card agreed upon by all players) is laid, the ranks are no longer counted out loud and players must keep track of them in their head. This may continue until the same card is laid again and nullifies the rule. *Players snap a set of cards which increase or decrease by one rank every card. For example: 5,6,7 or 8,7,6. *Players snap "sandwiches", two matching cards with any card in between them, such as 5,7,5 or Jack,3,Jack. *Players must salute before making a snap which will land on a king *When a player runs out of cards, they continue to call numbers. However, any potential snaps this causes may be snapped before they have said the relevant card rank. This is particularly interesting when neighboring players run out of cards simultaneously. *If a player snaps incorrectly when there is not actually any kind of matching pair, they receive all of the cards. However, in order for this to come into effect the player must touch the deck in the middle. If they simply shout snap, or motion towards it, the game carries on as normal. *Any player who snaps fastest twice in a row may add another rule. *A player who runs out of cards and snaps fastest is declared the winner. Irish Snap can also be played as a drinking game, where a player must also take a drink when they take the pile of cards.See also
*References
*Ostrow, Albert A (1945). ''The Complete Card Player''. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 71.External links
* {{Children's card games War group Card games for children