TrappedPlayers: 3 or moreBuzz Factor: 5Simplicity: 3

Start by picking a dealer and having him or her deal out the entire deck to everyone playing.

Whoever is in the spot left of the dealer begins playing. He or she puts down any card from his or her hand. The next player, going in a clockwise direction, has to match with the same face value card as the previous player’s.

If that player is unable to match the card, he or she becomes ‘trapped’ and has to take a drink.

The player on the left of the ‘trapped’ player plays any card he wishes. If the ‘trapped’ player is unable to match that card, then that player remains ‘trapped’ and has to take another drink. The game keeps going around the circle until the ‘trapped’ player is able to match the played card.

Then the formerly ‘trapped’ person, once released, plays any card of his choice, and the player to his left is then forced to match it, and becomes ‘trapped’ if unable.

Play continues until a person plays his or her last card. Once this happens, everyone else must count the remaining cards in their hands and take as many drinks as are left.

Cards are then reshuffled, a new dealer is picked and the game begins again.

Published on November 10, 2005 at 12:00 pm