Card games
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Card games are a good way to pass free time or mandatory fun at TIP.
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[edit] Egyptian Rat Screw
The seemingly most popular game is ERS, or, Egyptian Rat Screw, also sometimes referred to (out of RC's earshot, of course) as Egyptian Rat F***. The name has little meaning, other than to severely intimidate anyone who has never played before. ERS can be a rather violent game, as you have to slap cards (a bit like SlapJack). It can also get very noisy, as much shouting is induced when you are slapping. 4-6 is the optimal number of people. Wearing a ring is both recommended and loathed.
Edit: In the past, wearing a ring has been totally not allowed.
A TIPster named Daniel Wang pwned everyone at this game at the Davidson Campus during Term II in 2006. Rumors went around that he had "sold his soul to the Devil." This theory (and some others) have never been proven.
But that never stopped Money Mallik & Anthony Fernandez from spreading the rumor like wildfire. The devil was pleased.
[edit] Asshole
Another semi-popular game, though more at Davidson than elsewhere, is Asshole (Or in front of RCs, Presidents), not to be confused with the stripping game, President. Asshole is a better group game, though not as exciting and intense as ERS, but does not have a clear endpoint. This makes it better for long periods of empty time, i.e. when the dances are lame. Generally, it is also the game played when people are half asleep, or lack a decent table. Six is the optimal number of people.
[edit] Mao
Amazingly, Mao seems to have escaped this list. I suppose that the reason that is is that it is forbidden to tell the rules of the game to anyone who does not know them. Rules vary from place to place, year to year, and person to person. All that is allowed to be said is this: it is a group game, and the object is to win. Generally, people will give a ruleset they use when beginning play, to try to get people on the same page. One of the more popular rulesets (although people don't always realize it) are the Davidson 2002 rules, which seem to have endured more or less unchanged at Davidson the past few years. Mao is more popular at Davidson than at Duke East.
[edit] Mafia
Yet another card game played at TIP (or at least Duke West '05) is mafia. This is optimal when a large group of people is gathered that a) is sick of ERS b) has too many people to play ERS. In the game of Mafia one (or two) people try to kill all the townspeople, while an angel/doctor tries to save them and a detective investigates. Often at TIP, since TIPsters are so creative, hilarity ensues, either by always killing the same person (grrr) or creating non-TIPropriate/gruesome deaths.
[edit] B.S.
A very popular card game at 2007 A&M term 1. And 2008 Term I. If it ceases to be popular at Texas, we have a problem. Not original, but you can play with up to 8 or 9 people. You basically call out who is full of shit. Nuff Said.
More accurate game rules:
- Person puts down Ace of Spades and says "one ace"
- Next person puts down twos; than threes, and so on and so forth
- Jokers go as anything
- If any person playing suspects another player is lying, they merely say "B.S" (or acctualy saying "Bullshit"). If player BS is called on (BSee) is lying, they pick the pile up. If BSee is not lying, person who called BS (BSer) picks pile up.
- And so on untill one player (winner) has no cards left. Winner can always call BS and jump back in the game, however. Because of this, certian BS games have been known to last the length of the dance. Or close to.
The king of BS at A&M 08 was Deepok the rc withought an rc group. He was known for his terrible bluffing skills and random outbursts of BS
