How To Play Egyptian Rat Screw

This video tutorial will teach you how to play the card game Egyptian Rat Screw. Find more at www.gathertoget...
This video will start by teaching you the general concepts of Egyptian
Rat Screw, and is followed by the more detailed features of the game. This tutorial is perfect for beginning players and experienced players that need a refresher.
After watching, you will know the basics on how to play the card game Egyptian Rat Screw. All that is left to do is grab some friends and start playing!
This Egyptian Rat Screw tutorial will cover the following topics:
- The deal
- The objective
- The game play
- Winning
- Rules review
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[@m.0186]

I recently learned this, and the game got really violent

[@Arked]

yeah.

[@Taric682]

Sounds about right. Still fun tho heh...

[@primolasp81]

Bruh I don’t want to go for it fearing I will get slapped on the hand

[@khill7555]

If any one has longer nails or even rings, can make the game bloody. My nails weren't overly long but my opponents tended to lose some skin on the slap

[@Derpysaur]

I friend cut my hand open once

[@mr.voidout4739]

Ratscrew had an abnormally large playerbase when I was in highschool, like... near Yugioh levels.

[@sparda11]

Mr. VOID-OUT sounds nice did you bet money?

[@Taric682]

Interesting

[@briany2118]

Yugiooooooohhhhhh

[@RazorBacksFan1980]

same here.. late 90's here... I just remembered about this game and taught my family last night. we had a blast. haven't played this game in 20 years.

[@mzzzzzzday]

A ten year old from New Jersey taught me this when I was a counselor at a summer camp

[@postu4613]

Long Lake camp?

[@6darren6]

I was a BEAST at this in highschool

[@awfulfalafelwafflerofl2800]

Used to play this game all the time in high school 20 years ago and I was recently reminded of it. Glad to find your tutorial! Now that I'm reminded of the rules, I realize that if it wasn't for the slapping element, the outcome of this game would be automatically determined as soon as the cards were dealt.

[@levitaylor3781]

Went to camp over summer, some kid brought a deck of cards, luckily our counselor knew about this game, called it Egyptian war, once he got everyone in our group hooked, that was the only game we played with those cards. It became extremely competitive at the end of the week, and our counselor learned all the tricks, even to the point of memorizing everyone’s decks playing. Took that game home and showed my brothers.

[@dayzhajade]

My friends added a new rule, you can slap the middle pile of you have any combination of 10 (ace + 9), (2 + 10), (3 + 7), (4 + 6), (5 + 5), etc...

[@TheNocturnal1]

Love playing this game with my other siblings. Max of 4 but usually 3 players for me. We either do it at home and the one who loses has to pay for dinner or at a booth just waiting for our meals to come. At times with the slapping it tends to be a bit loud and may seem like we're an angry group slamming the table rattling the plates and silverware. xD

[@mylexicon2]

I haven't played this one since I was a kid. Thanks for the refresher!

[@jeezy9960]

same here and i miss it

[@Slickrick59]

Agram and go boom and steal war and 8 card golf and 9 card golf all 5 of those card games are fun to play i recommend u play those card games with family and friends he has the viedos on how to play. Those card games ​@@jeezy9960

[@keninmaine1690]

Your game tutorial videos are great! Thanks for sharing. I've learned quite a few fun new games already.

[@ProgrammerSheep]

And don't even get me started about card counting in this game...

[@flipflopzthreeonethree1873]

This is the first game i teach new friends :) Thanks for the rules refresher! I just found this channel and absolutely love it.

[@jordanhartmann1745]

I used to play this game with my friends on lunch in high school. This game can get really intense and there would be like 8 16 year old dudes screaming and throwing their backpacks around in the cafeteria. Great game, great times.

[@Chelly_Smelly]

This is one of my favorite games, I can get pretty slap happy.

[@gor5048]

When I used to play, we would use the bottom card rule, and I had this one friend who would always cheat by finding 2 cards then slipping one under the deck and then playing the matching one when he wished. When we slapped with the real bottom card, he would say it's the wrong card, and we'd check and he'd be right. It took us years to catch him lol.

[@trashchildjpeg]

My friend used to do this too until we called him out for it and told him he wasn't allowed to play unless he stopped cheating.

[@thatloserkyle]

Damn sneaky ahh

[@wiz3174]

How do you even slip a card in front of everyone to the very bottom-

[@cat_man11]

this channel is the BEST

[@UnlimitedMullets]

Perfect explanation

[@dr.woozie7500]

Summer camp memories are flooding back

[@joshramirez3758]

Loved playing this in Boy Scouts on campouts, those were the good old days

[@jfei64]

Learned this game at camp. It was weird since no matter where I went if I mentioned this game someone would always know it also. I generally played with 2 non standard rules. First was the run mentioned in the video but we played runs of 3 were a slap. Second was an interesting rule called Jack-2, 6-9. Basically if Jack and 2 or a 6 and 9 were played after each other in either order (but not a sandwich) the pile was slappable. Both rules were to make the game a little fairer. 6-9 was a thing since it might be hard to tell whether the card was 6 or 9 during a fast game. with people at all different orientations. Jack-2 was to weaken Jacks. Due to having only 1 chance with them Jacks can be very hard to take away from a player so this rule increased the chance that they could be taken.

[@scoloma82]

I didn’t know about the bottom card, sequence of 4, and marriage combos. I learned this from my kids when I was a leader at summer pals and we were competitive as hell lol.

[@donutlover7728]

okay whenever i try to explain games to someone i stink at it but this was explained so well thank you i just subbed 👍🏻

[@subhanshisingh3018]

Very well explained. Thanks.

[@waybackproductions1255]

Dude I learn this once and now I just want to experience the screaming again

[@artsyvideo]

This is the best card game to play on a long train ride across country,

[@xdjbrandonx]

Best game ever. Need more people to play with!!

[@AtreideSardaukar]

I've really only played the first rule, but i've perfected the 'submarine slap' and you dont have to be dealt to slap in. As of this comment, if you are in the West Des Moines, IA area, I challenge you. Play whatever rules, just clip your nails. I will win.

[@addisonhouston6649]

The greatest card game.

[@noelic6744]

I once decided to memorise all the cards to win the game. I recently learned of the memory palace trick so I used that. I won but I had never used my brain so much before so I never played this game ever again.

[@YigeZ]

I love this game

[@ktotheswiss1617]

This game is dangerous when played against girls with nails, there was blood, my blood,🤣.

[@nancekumar]

😂

[@rexmason3625]

Dont play Monopoly with girls.

[@wavybray]

Thank you! This was great! :)

[@kayd9244]

O wow.. never heard of it but looks fun

[@vanessagliever8298]

thank you

[@ranithu7448]

I LOVE UR VIDS GATHER TOGETHER GAMES

[@luciaaguilar2591]

I call it Egyptian war

[@spicypotato283]

so can you make up your own combinations in this game?

[@amar-on4fw]

At my high school we called this game Egyptian Speed.

[@leehitt4704]

I’m thinking that people who called it something other than Egyptian Rat Screw had whoever taught it to them try to make the name ‘nicer’ and not crude. My husband did that with our kids and a game called Screw Your Neighbor. He tells them it’s Help Your Neighbor. Lol

[@punker-gamer-trucker-guy]

Use to play this school. So many fights because everyone had different rules, or would change rules mid game because they want someone out.

[@rjennings0142]

Wait, is there any information on running out of cards while being challenged? Does the challenger just win by default? Is this an exception where the losing player is out of the game?

[@chardellp5292]

i thought this game was called egyptian rattlesnake? good explanation :)

[@WhoSaidThatLikedYouSheNeverDid]

Ace 4 King 3 Queen2 Jack 1

[@miaclarke6859]

OMG I REMEMBER THISSSS. but we called it something different. I can't remember what we called it but we ended up playing with like 2 cards each cause there was so many of us

[@connorbaldwin9872]

Ok when I watched this video a couple of years ago I learned it totally wrong, I thought it was Ace is 1 , King is 2 , etc etc and winner is whoever can clear your cards first. And the slapping thing I totally spaced. I'm dumbfounded.

[@gaminggoblin7877]

wow thanks

[@thatloserkyle]

I thought when one player puts down a face card, Ace, or a Joker that it isnt just the next player that gets a choice its if the next player FAILS to play something needed to stay the next person has to as well and if they dont the next person does. Whoever does, the player who started the face goes only with the person who survived while the others are out unless they slap and end it, until the next time after someone gets the pile. But idk

[@wangdanglin4214]

They are playing this on Big Brother 23 live feeds lol , never knew about this game

[@Elijah0406]

This is my favorite card game. 10 rule is better also.

[@thespiritualfishlad4153]

I recently got a 6 suit deck with 23 ranks. I wonder how this will go.

[@iwondersometime]

Can a player who dealt the card snap ??

[@FXHUND-pk3gk]

How do I summon Exodia

[@denis_ds]

Can I play with two decks, will it take too long ?

[@sophiafrary3019]

denis technically you could play with as many cards as you want

[@denis_ds]

Thank you.

[@mr.voidout4739]

You can play with a factory of cards... granted your hands can take it ;)

[@airkami]

Dude, you slapped 69. that's not a mistake. that's a good slap.

[@tour5283]

I slap hard so basically I’m down a table

[@marlengarcia3650]

I haven’t played in about 13 years.... somehow we use to play for punches

[@trippersmash8224]

In a scenario when you can slap and someone goes to grab the pile because they won it and they have their hand on the pile but didn't slap it, but somebody else slaps it before that person can pick it up (but still has their hand on it), who wins the pile? Sorry if I worded it weirdly, this happened while I was playing with a friend and we couldn't agree on what happens.

[@GatherTogetherGames]

In this scenario, the player that had his/her hand on the pile before the slap would be awarded the cards.

[@nylascott4780]

TheMostInterestingTim try Rock Paper Scissors shoot it works

[@hellolast799]

What if someone successfully slaps the deck but it was supposed to be the other person for the taking? That’s how fights are made in this game.

[@Lou-hj8td]

wait there are so many rules to this game that I didn't know. We've been playing this game in my family for years but we play that you can only slap doubles and sandwiches. I didn't now about all the other ones

[@Jdizzle6969]

That’s how I’ve always done it too!

[@Joe_Parmesan]

I had no idea about the other variations either. My family didn't even play using the sandwich variation.

[@leehitt4704]

Did you grow up in the Midwest?

[@Lou-hj8td]

@@leehitt4704 no the complete opposite actually, east coast

[@Viperxrae]

So, bloody palms

[@thotter5988]

Too complicated, I'll stick with my uno reverse cards in UNO

[@time_371]

It’s an extremely fun game. I think this video doesnt do justice, it’s much better explained kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2O4fqlrf9BrgLM Here it looks way too serious

[@time_371]

From 1:24

[@eshuckaluck]

You should teach How to play Tonk

[@cherto_poof]

Lets say I put a face card, then the next person saves themself in the chance with another face card, do I put down 1 card or the number of chances the face card gives?

[@hasashoepugower1691]

What card brand are those?

[@GatherTogetherGames]

Ace

[@inmemoryoflael]

Anyone else here because the game was mentioned in Orange is the New Black and had to find out how to play?

[@ahmedredahashim8321]

I never heard about it

[@livilang]

We used to call this something... different than what you call it. Lol.

[@Chaaos2]

Some incorrect people call it slap jack ;)

[@davideleuterius6465]

I've heard it called Egyptian rapture

[@isaac-zv5dv]

Ers

[@maiacartagena2349]

I call it arf

[@ghosts2896]

Olivia Regine Egyptian war?

[@spookyjake7920]

Tip: Make sure to clip your fingernails

[@ct2xperience749]

🙃

[@DangerNoodleReads]

i wanna like the video, but its at 666 likes and i dont wanna be the one to destroy something so beautiful

[@nancekumar]

You can 👍 now. It's 869!

[@briannagordon9252]

This is like strip Jack

[@iqsurasilva7359]

lol anyone from rmit ?

[@ethanhentges887]

I was taught that a 2 is the same as a queen in that you have 2 chances to get a face card and I think it makes it more fun. Anyone else play it this way?

[@lkljyt543]

i thought the joker was 6 chances

[@reynagarcia6692]

It’s actually called Ratslap

[@n8rm]

It's called a lot of things actually

[@ZbagdoesMC]

n8rm my friends call it ERS

[@jasonschroeder3182]

I call it Egyptian rap

[@kimothefungenuis]

I am an Egyptian myself and I know nothing about this

[@auds7427]

this is like beggar my neighbour!!

[@fatema_ttoo9759]

As an Egyptian I don't play it like this 🤦

[@haileysanchez3638]

Fucking war don’t say rat

[@darbyl3872]

Archduke is so much better than this.