How to Play Bullshit

This card game of lie and deceit can make and break friendships, lead to divorce and leave everyone sitting at the table guessing who is the best bullshitter in the group. A card game that is quick to learn and can be played anywhere that yelling, "bullshit" is deemed appropriate behavior. Read on to learn how to play bullshit.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Deck of cards

1. Sit three to 10 people around a table making sure that everyone has easy access to the center of the table where the pile will form.

2. Deal out all the cards to the players face down. It is unlikely that all the players will have the same number of cards, but it should only vary by one and it is more important to have all the cards dealt than have an even number of cards.

3. Start with the player who has the two of clubs. This player then places any number of cards (at least one of which is the two of clubs) into the pile face down. Saying how many cards and the rank, such as, "two twos."

4. Play continues counter-clockwise with each player placing cards face down in the pile, claiming that they continue in order. So the second person would claim to place down a certain number of threes, the third person would claim to place down a certain number of fours and so on. Once you get to king, you start with ace and go up again.

5. Understand that this is a game of bluffing, so if it is your turn to place down sixes and you don't have any, you simply take a different card or two or three and lie as you put them into the pile, saying, "two sixes."

6. Call someone's bluff. When you are in a situation and you know (or you think) someone is lying about the cards they just put down say, "bullshit" before the next person puts their cards down.

7. Check the bullshit claim. Flip over the number of cards needed to check whether or not the last play was legitimate. The last player takes the entire pile of cards if he was found to be cheating, but the challenger takes the entire pile if the player really put down the cards she claimed.

8. Win the game by being the first person to have no cards left in your hand.

Tips & Warnings

• Playing with only two people is possible, but you would only deal out 12 cards to each player and leave the rest out of the game.
• Jokers can either be taken out of the deck before dealing or can be used to bullshit at any point.
• Play with two decks if the group playing is more than 10 people.
• If young children are around, it is better to call "bull" or another similar term instead of "bullshit."
• A common cheat is to put down more cards than you claim, so you may say "three fives" but really be putting down five cards.