PIG
Required:
- 1 pack of playing cards, design of your choosing
- Minimum of four people, up to the maximum of thirteen, but it can get messy with that many peeps
Based on four players:
Separate the face cards from the pack, shuffle these selected cards and deal t
hem out amongst the four players. The final objective is to hold one card of each of the suits, before the really exciting part kicks in, more on that later. Once the cards are dealt, it should be decided which direction play will commence. It's entirely up to the group whether clockwise or anti-clockwise is preferred. This is only done at the very start of the game, as the direction stays the same for the duration.
Each player must select a card from their current hand to discard and pass to
the person on their left/right. Each player does this. The person on the
right/left must pick up this discarded card, in the hope that is the
card they are seeking to complete their secretly chosen set. No one is to let anyone see which card they are discarding until the pick up, which should be done simultaneously around the table. You don't want the rest of the players knowing which cards you are seeking. This continues (and it can go on and on and on, if one or more players are seeking the same set of cards) until one, or more, players has a full set of cards, at which point chaos descends!
As soon as one person has achieved a "full-house" (not meant in the poker sense!), that player must slam their hand into the centre of the table/floor/group and shout PIG! Or a some other random word, or a sweary word, if the mood takes you; the word must be decided upon before play starts. At the same time, everyone else must also slam their hand on top of the winners hand, otherwise they are out. The last person who is too slow, or half dead, to get their hand onto the pile is out. The winner stays in for the next round. This continues until two players are left, and at the end of their game, the winner is decided.
To add more players, simply add any of the other sets of cards of the same denomination of the same suit: 10s, 9s, 8s, 7s, 6s, 5s, 4s, 3s, 2s and/or 1s. When playing all the cards, with the maximum thirteen players, the end result can be a long winded affair. And when the PIG moment does arrive, very painful. You have been warned!
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