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Home-Made Card Game Rules
Does anybody like playing cards? I do.
Has anybody made their own card games? I have.
Post your home-made card rules here. They can be original games, poker games, variations on original games, anything that has to do with cards.
I'll start.

King of Clubs Poker

Players: 2-8

First, the dealer gives each player two cards face down and one card face up. These cards will end up being a part of the players’ hand, so the player can look at the face down cards and place his bet. The person with the highest showing hand bets.
After every player has bet, the dealer deals another face up card to each player. Then each player bets again.
That happens 3 more times, until each player has 4 cards face up. Then, the dealer gives each player 1 more card face down. They pick that up and look at it, then place their bets.
Here, the players can exchange any card in their hand (face down only) for the top card on the deck. They can exchange up to 3 cards, but they don’t have to exchange any if they don’t need to.
After placing their bets, the players show their face down cards and choose the best 5 cards out of their 7 to make a hand. Whoever has the best hand wins.
A king of clubs can be used as a wild card (hence the name of the game).
A player can fold at any time.

Variations:

Thievery: If a player gets a joker in his hand, face down or face up, he says “Thief!” and all the players put a dollar in the pot (or if you aren’t playing for money, 5 units of whatever you’re using).

Suicide King: The main difference between King of Clubs and Suicide King is that the player is trying to get the very worst hand possible. The King of Clubs is still used as a wild card.
The King of Hearts (Suicide King) is equivalent to the rank of an Ace (Which is the worst card you can get in a game of Suicide King), making it a very unwanted card in this game.

Hope you enjoy!

Remember, card games only.