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Slapjack

Matching and Shedding Card Games

Slapjack, also called Slaps, is a simple matching card game usually played by children, often serving as a first introduction to playing cards, for three or four players though it can accommodate as few as two or as many as eight. The dealer splits a standard deck evenly among the players, who take turns playing their top card face up onto a central pile; whenever a jack appears, every player races to slap the pile first, and the winner takes the whole pile and adds it to the bottom of their own hand. The game is related to the simpler slapping games generally called Snap and sits between the older game Beggar-My-Neighbour and the faster modern game Egyptian Ratscrew in complexity, and it is sometimes known by the alternate name Heart Attack for the reflexive scramble each jack provokes.

Facts
Origin Year
1934 2
Playing Time Band
Under 30 Minutes 1
Playing Time
30 2
Designer
(Uncredited) 2
Publisher
(Public Domain) 2
Publisher
Family Card Games 2
Publisher
Hoyle Products 2
Publisher
Parker Brothers 2
Publisher
Russell Manufacturing Company 2
Publisher
Target Games 2
Publisher
Western Publishing Company 2
Publisher
Whitman 2
Game Category
Action / Dexterity 2
Game Category
Card Game 2
Game Category
Children's Game 2
Game Category
Science Fiction 2
Game Mechanic
Roll / Spin and Move 2
Minimum Players
2 2
Maximum Players
8 2
Sport
Game Type (category)
Card Game 1
Game Type (category)
Children's Game 1
Classification
Player Count
Large Group or Variable 1
Connections

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1. Slapjack (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, first sentence
    is a card game generally played among children
  • Infobox 'players' field: 3-4 (2-8)
  • Infobox: playing_time
    15 min.
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2. Slapjack (BoardGameGeek)
  • Origin Year: 1934
  • Playing Time: 30
  • Designer: (Uncredited)
  • Publisher: (Public Domain)
  • Publisher: Family Card Games
  • Publisher: Hoyle Products
  • Publisher: Parker Brothers
  • Publisher: Russell Manufacturing Company
  • Publisher: Target Games
  • Publisher: Western Publishing Company
  • Publisher: Whitman
  • Game Category: Action / Dexterity
  • Game Category: Card Game
  • Game Category: Children's Game
  • Game Category: Science Fiction
  • Game Mechanic: Roll / Spin and Move
  • Minimum Players: 2
  • Maximum Players: 8
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