Wild escape, also known as daguai luzi (Chinese: 大怪路子; pinyin: dà guài lù zi) or the joker's way is a card game originating in Shanghai, China. It is a team game for 6 players and played with three decks of cards.

The objective of the game is to score, and increase one's level.

A team wins the round only when they are first to escape, AND their team escapes before the other team. If one of the conditions is not achieved (i.e. one team makes the initial escape, but fails to fully escape before the other team), the round is a draw. If the offense team wins the round, they score and their level advances. The team with the highest level wins the match, and the game is usually played until one team reaches a specific level. The first person to escape becomes the offense leader in the following round.

The first person to play in the round. Only the offense team can score (and raise the level). The first person to escape in a round is the offense leader in the next round.

The offense leader of the first round is decided by a random card draw.

Trump cards are higher than all other cards except jokers. Trump cards are determined by the offense’s team level in each game. The trump cards starts the game as the 2s, and can go up to aces, as the offense's team level advances.

A player who has played all of the cards in hand has said to have "escaped".

A player is trapped at the end of a round, if still holding cards after all the players on the opposing team have escaped.