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Paskahousu
Paskahousu (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpɑskɑˌhou̯su]; "scaredy pants") is a popular Finnish card game for two to six players, but three to five are best. The object of the game is to play higher cards than the previously played cards, first to get replacement cards from the stock pile, and after the stock pile has exhausted, to get rid of one's cards.
The game has many rule variations, some of which are described. One of the most widespread variants is Valepaska, in which the cards are played face down, and players don't need to announce their plays truthfully.
The following rules are based on those at pagat.com.
One deck of 52 cards is used, with cards ranking in descending order as follows: 2 A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3. Twos, Tens and Aces have special privileges. Each player is initially dealt five cards (2–2–1). The rest of the cards form a face-down stock.
In turn each player, with or without drawing the top card from the stock, places one or more cards of the same rank from their hand onto a pile next to the stock according to the following rules:
A player who cannot or does not want to play, must take the entire pile in hand and the turn rotates left.
A player who, after playing, has fewer than five cards in hand, must draw cards from the top of the stock to bring the hand up to five cards. Obviously this is only possible if the stock is not exhausted.
A player who gets rid of all their cards after the stock has been exhausted is out and does not participate in the game any more. The first player to go out is the winner. The loser is the player who has cards left when everyone else has gone out. In some circles the loser is called paskahousu.
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Paskahousu
Paskahousu (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpɑskɑˌhou̯su]; "scaredy pants") is a popular Finnish card game for two to six players, but three to five are best. The object of the game is to play higher cards than the previously played cards, first to get replacement cards from the stock pile, and after the stock pile has exhausted, to get rid of one's cards.
The game has many rule variations, some of which are described. One of the most widespread variants is Valepaska, in which the cards are played face down, and players don't need to announce their plays truthfully.
The following rules are based on those at pagat.com.
One deck of 52 cards is used, with cards ranking in descending order as follows: 2 A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3. Twos, Tens and Aces have special privileges. Each player is initially dealt five cards (2–2–1). The rest of the cards form a face-down stock.
In turn each player, with or without drawing the top card from the stock, places one or more cards of the same rank from their hand onto a pile next to the stock according to the following rules:
A player who cannot or does not want to play, must take the entire pile in hand and the turn rotates left.
A player who, after playing, has fewer than five cards in hand, must draw cards from the top of the stock to bring the hand up to five cards. Obviously this is only possible if the stock is not exhausted.
A player who gets rid of all their cards after the stock has been exhausted is out and does not participate in the game any more. The first player to go out is the winner. The loser is the player who has cards left when everyone else has gone out. In some circles the loser is called paskahousu.