How to play Slapjack

Learn the rules to the playing card game Slapjack quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules. While there are many variations to Slapjack, this video covers the original base rules.

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RULES:
The object of this 2-4 player card game is collect all the cards. Pick a dealer who shuffles a standard 52 card deck of playing cards and deals all the cards out evenly to all the players. Players may not look at their cards, but instead hold them face down in front of them. The player to the left of the dealer goes first then play proceeds clockwise.

On your turn, discard the top card of your deck face up in the center of the table. When you discard the card, flip it out away from yourself to everyone sees it at the same time. After you discard, your turn ends and the next player goes. If a jack is discarded, then all players rush to slap the discard pile with their hands. The first person to do so, collects all the cards on the table and adds them to the bottom of their deck without shuffling them. Play then continues to the left of the player who won the slap.

If a player slaps a card that is not a jack, then the player who slapped has to give the top card of their deck to the player who played the card that they wrongly slapped. That person adds the card to the bottom of their deck.

If you run out of cards in your deck, then you no longer play a card when it is your turn but are instead skipped. You are still allowed to slap jacks and win cards to get back into the game. However, if you slap a card that is not a jack, then you are out of the game permanently and may not slap back in.

The first player to collect all 52 cards, wins.

[denisechisholm]

Thank you so much for explaining these card games in simplest form. I have learned quite a few games from you. 💙😃

[rogersnick]

I feel like this game leads to fist fights in certain neighborhoods.

[joycelawrence]

Thanks for your simple, easy explanation how playing this card game. Plan to play with my great grandchildren next week.

[damen]

How is there dislikes did they not understand

[kijahowenn]

thanks that was very informative and plainly explained.

[steffanboell]

Slapjack is one of my favorite card games

[speedfreakDaniel]

We play something similar in Romania called Egyptian War. But if you slap wrongly you lose all of your cards, not just the top card

[BabyliciousBabylicious]

I always learn games from you easily! Best channel to learn games from.

[hothdog]

Let's play slapjack!
*The guy named jack

[PacManfan]

We played similarly at camp, except for:

If you wrongly slap, you must put down TWO cards to the discard pile!

You can also slap if it is either a “double” (two cards of same rank played consecutively) or a “sandwich” (one card played, different card played, card played of same rank as first card).

Also the “permanent out” rule does not apply.

[aydiino]

i was looking for this game on internet to check if there is a game that similiar to one that im playing. in our version - its called "clever" but i've seen other people call it with different names like "queen" etc. - we do split cards just like you do and play it clockwise. but there is special cards which are "jack, queen, king, ace" and they all have their own quantity. what i mean is when someone plays jack the next player has to play 1 card if if its queen next player has to play 2 card and it keeps increasing till "ace" which is equals to 4. if you dont play a special card after special card the player who played the last special he/she takes all the cards. the other rules are not much different except if you wrong slapped a card last player takes all the cards and the one who wrong slapped gives his/her last 3 cards. thanks for your information.

[turkmenistan]

Wow I think slapjack is gonna be one of my favourite card games

[zegyptianking]

What about the doubles like 2 of the same card back to back you slap and also for example there’s a 1 2 then someone puts a 1 that’s a sandwich we slap on those too

[paulcantshutup]

I played a variation of this, except when you slap a Jack, the players who failed to do so take shots of liquor. Let me tell you something: this is a fantastic way to get obliterated in a hurry.

[insaneshane]

Doesn't the person who puts down the Jack have the best chance of taking the Jack? Or once you put it down you forfeit your chance at it?

[YarharF]

Aren't you also able to slap if there's a sandwich or 2 cards in a row

[MrRhinoBeatle]

Great tutorial. Very concise and good talking speed.

[tabibhassan]

You've taught it wrongly i suppose or i guess i played in a different way
Everyone needs to tell ACE, 2, 3 ..., Jack, king queen serially
If anyone puts 4 and his turn of telling is 4 then everyone will slap. The one who slaps late needs to take all the card.
If Joker is put anytime then everyone needs to slap.
The one who slaps wrongly needs to take all of the cards as a punishment
The objective of this game is free your hand from every card like uno.

[Ngeruii]

I don't know how to play slapjack so thank you ❤❤🎉😅

[supersong]

What if we play a card that is not a jack and slap it what we should do ?