Paskahousu

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Paskahousu is a Finnish card game. Paskahousu is Finnish for "shitty pants", which is what the loser of the game is called. Although the basic play is the same across rule variants, the details of the rules vary tremendously. It is practically impossible to find two identical descriptions of the game in the literature. See the Miscellaneous rule variations section for how the rules can vary.

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[edit] The Rules of Paskahousu

One deck of 52 cards is used, ace is the highest. The game is played by 3-6 players. Everyone is dealt five cards. The rest of the cards form a face-down stock. In each turn a player places (one or more) cards of a same rank from his hand into a pile next to the stock according to the following rules.

  • If the pile is empty, the player must play cards that are lower than jack.
  • If the pile is not empty, the new cards must be of a same rank or of a higher rank than the previous cards in the pile.
  • Twos can be played on the top of any card. Only another two can be played on the top of a two.
  • If the top cards of the pile are lower than seven, the player is not allowed to play court cards.
  • Aces can be played only on the top of court cards.

If the player cannot or does not want to play cards according to the previous rules, he must take the entire pile in his hand. After a player has either played cards or taken the pile, turn passes to the next player.

If the player plays a ten or an ace the pile falls. The pile falls also when a player plays cards so that there are four cards of a same rank on the top of the pile. When the pile falls, the cards in the pile are discarded from play, and the same player plays the first cards to the now-empty pile.

If a player has fewer than five cards in his hand, he must take cards from the stock so that he has five cards (if there are cards left in the stock).

Whan a player gets rid of all his cards after the stock has exhausted, he is out and does not participate in the game anymore. The first player to go out is the winner. The loser is the player who has cards left when everyone else has gone out.

[edit] Variants

[edit] Valepaska

In Valepaska (Fake Shit) the cards are played face down, and when playing cards you announce which cards you play (for example one jack or three eights). You are allowed to lie, but other players are allowed to challenge your announcement. A challenge means that the cards you played are exposed. If you were honest, the challenger must take the pile in his hand (and it's your turn to start the new pile), and if you lied, you must take the pile (and the turn passes to the next player).

Only the latest play can be challenged.

Variant: After a challenge the next player in turn plays, except if the challenged player was honest and caused the pile fall, in which case he continues.

[edit] Pöytäpaska

Pöytäpaska (Table Shit) can be played by two or three players. The rules are the same as in Paskahousu, with the following additions. In addition to the hand, each player is dealt four cards face down and four cards face up on the table. They are played after the stock and the cards in your hand have exhausted. The cards face up are played before the cards face down. Note that you are not allowed to see the face down cards before you determine which one of them you play. If you must take the pile when playing the table cards, the pile becomes your hand cards, and you must get rid of your hand cards before you can continue playing from the table.

[edit] Ruotsalainen paskahousu

In Ruotsalainen paskahousu (Swedish Shitpants) all the cards are dealt, and there is no stock. The game proceeds like the ordinary Paskahousu.

[edit] Miscellaneous rule variations

These rules can be used with the basic game or with any of the variants mentioned above.

  • Four twos do not cause the pile to fall. (This rule is recommended in particular for Valepaska.)
  • Four same cards do not cause the pile to fall. Only aces and tens fall piles.
  • Court cards can be only played on the top of eights and higher.
  • Court cards can be played on the empty table and on the top of all smaller cards (except for twos.) Aces can be played on the top of the court cards.
  • One is allowed to play only one court card per turn.
  • A player is allowed to play an ace on an empty pile, but then the next player must take it and the same player plays again.
  • If you do not have a suitable card to play, you are allowed to try to play the top card of the stock. If it cannot be played according to the rules, you must take the pile (plus the card you tried to play).

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