Egyptian Rat Slap
From Wall Of Losers
Egyptian rat slap has come to be known by many names: Egyptian Burt Bacharach, egyptian flap jack, egyptian brick-a-brack, and egyptian rat-a-tat-tat. These alternative names came from group silliness in making fun of the original title. This particular game came to us through a church group gathering. Requiring only a deck of cards and a little patience in both the teacher and those being taught, it usually degenerates in about twenty minutes. The deck is dealt to all participants and, starting to the dealer's left (or right, depending on who you're playing with) each person takes turns flipping one card from their pile, like the card game War. Once a face card is flipped, the next player has a certain amount of turns (designated by which face card is flipped) to also yield a face card. One chance is given if the card was a jack, two if it was a queen, three if it was a king and four if it was an ace. Should he or she fail, the pile of cards goes to the person who flipped the face card. However, if at any time two cards of the same value are flipped consecutively, any participant (even if previously out) may slap the deck and take the cards (and return to the game). Another version includes the "sandwich" where two cards of the same value are separated by another card and the same rule applies to this as a double. Bruises invariably result.
