Irish Snap
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Irish Snap is a card game, whose objective is to lose cards as quickly as possible. Usually, it results in the loser getting rushed or bundled.
[edit] Rules
A pack of cards, excluding jokers is shuffled and dealt out equally to the players; none of whom are allowed to view any of the cards they have been given. Going around in turn, each player must place and reveal one of his cards in the middle of the table. While this is happening the number of a card is spoken. The number spoken is simply determined, starting from ace for the first card revealed, two for the second and three for the third etc. If the actual number of the card laid down matches the number just spoken, each player must slam the pack in the middle. The last one to do so must pick up the pack. They are the first to start the next round. This continues until all players bar one have lost their cards.
The game can also be continued so that even players who have lost all their cards still take part in the game. They will still say the next number after the previous person whilst not putting down a card. For example if person B has lost all their cards and player A puts down a 7 whilst saying the number 6, as soon as player B says 7 everyone slams for the pile. It is common for the person to dummy, in which case if he has not said the number the person who touches the pile incorrectly will pick up the pile.
Finally, the most essential rule of Irish snap, which makes it live up to its name, is that anything said, including the card number and snap must be done so in an Irish accent.
An alternate way of receiving all the cards is snapping when there is not actually any kind of matching pair; 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, although the tension will clearly have increased.
Further complications can be added by making the game silent, where you have to count in your head what number would be spoken.
A modern Version can now be played where if the matching number or a Jack comes up you hit your head and then the pack. This can be judged on who hits there head hardest if the game is all square at the end
