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Scum is a very easy card game to learn how to play but has tons of strategy built in that varies depending on the round or set of cards you have. Players try to get rid of their cards by sequentially getting rid of their cards in the pair amount that played. Go out first to move up the royalty ladder. SCUM is The Ultimate Card Party Game for ages 8 to 80! It is especially suited for church and college groups. The Basic Rules of the Game Variations How to Host a Great Scum Party Game! SCRUM CARD GAME is a simple game, which lets players experience work in Scrum sprints and brings to discussion many questions and topics that happen in real life while working in a Scrum team. This experience facilitates learning and makes participants prepared to.
Number of Players: 5 to 50
Object of the Game: Become King or Queen while avoiding becoming Scum
The Cards: Regular playing cards, including Jokers, are required for this game. For 5-8 players, use 2 decks. For 9-12 players, use three decks. For 13-15 players, use four decks. If more than 15 players are present, divide into two groups, with each group using its own table.
Joker is the highest card at the table, and one Joker will be anything on the table. Nothing can trump a Joker. Ace is the second highest, then King, and so forth down to the Two card. There are no wild cards in the original game, although some variations use a variety of wild cards. Suits do not matter in this game, only the value of the cards.
Beginning Play
Seating positions are of utmost importance in this game. Initial positions at the table are assigned by a random draw. The player with the highest draw becomes King or Queen, the second assumes the Assistant King or Queen chair (sitting to the right of the King or Queen), and on down to Assistant Scum, and, lastly, Scum. Players in between these positions are known as Commoners.
The Deal
The King or Queen takes the seat at the head of the table, and everyone else sits as noted above. The cards are handed to Scum, who shuffles the decks thoroughly, then deals the cards one at a time, beginning with himself and going to the left (that is, dealing up the ranks, through the Commoners and on to the King or Queen). All cards are dealt before play begins. It does not matter to whom the last card is dealt, and the hands do not need be equal in number. Players should look at their cards and arrange them in numerical order.
The Play
Once all cards are dealt, Scum must give his or her two highest cards to the King or Queen. The King or Queen in turn must give his or her two lowest cards to Scum. The Assistants likewise trade their highest and lowest.
During the course of play, Scum may be referred to as 'Scum,' and has the responsibility of 'pulling' the 'dead' cards from each trick (the cards are not added to Scum's card total, but are rather turned upside down in front of Scum, and are no longer in play).
The King or Queen begins play by placing a single, pair, three of a kind, etc., on the table. Suits do not matter, only face (numerical) value counts. If more than one card is played, all cards played must have the same face value (for example: 2 Threes or 3 Nines). The player on the right then has the opportunity to play. If he or she plays, the play must be the same number of cards (single, pair, three of a kind, etc.) but must be of a higher value than the previous cards played. Making a play is always optional.
Play goes around the table once per trick. At that point, the player with the highest card(s) wins the trick, and thus the privilege of leading the next trick. Play thus continues until everyone runs out of cards, with the object being to become the first person to get rid of all your cards.
The first person to dispose of his or her cards becomes the new King or Queen when the next round begins. But play does not stop at this point! Play continues until there is only one person left holding a card or cards. The second person out becomes the new Assistant King or Queen, the third person assumes the third position at the table, and so forth, until only one person is left ... the Scum!
Important: Everyone must keep track of the order in which they run out of cards!
The game continues as long as the players want to play, with everyone changing seats as determined by order of playing out in the previous trick.
NOTE: If a player runs out of cards and at the same time wins the trick (that is, the player would have begun the next trick if he or she had any cards left), then the lead goes to the highest ranking player remaining at the table.
Basic Strategy
The most basic advice is this:
1) Lead with the lower cards in your hand when you win a trick
2) Do not play all your high cards too quickly, or you will be left with trashy cards
3) Rarely break up sets of cards (pairs, 3 of a kind, etc.); just be patient.
4) If the person to your immediate left wins a trick, it is usually to your advantage
Multiple Table Games
Establish a hierarchy of tables, with an upper and a lower table. Play a hand as usual, waiting for players at both tables to finish. At the end of the hand, the top half from each table will move (or remain) at the upper table, while the lower half of each table assumes seats at the lower table.
Specifically, at the upper table, the winning half of that table assumes the top half of all positions at the table, in accordance with the positions they ended in at the conclusion of their prior hand. The winning half of the lower table joins them, but assumes the lower half of all positions at the table, in accordance with the positions they ended in at the conclusion of their prior hand. The same formula is applied to the lower table, but with the second half of each table (this means the second half of the upper table assumes the first half of the lower table).
If there are more than two tables of players, players move up or down one table only at the conclusion of each hand, as outlined in the above paragraph.
Play thus continues repeatedly.
Tournament Play for Multiple Table Games
Tournament play for multiple table games scores as follows (scores are tallied only when players at take place in their newly earned positions; the initial seating at the beginning of the Tournament is not scored):
1) The number of possible points that can be earned on any one hand is determined by the number of tables. For example, in a four table tournament, a player remaining at the top table (otherwise known as the Throne Room) upon completion of a round would earn 4 points; 3 points would be earned for remaining at the third level, 2 at the second level, and only 1 at the bottom level (otherwise known as the Scum Pit).
2) Points are also earned, or lost, for obtaining certain positions at any of the game tables, as follows:
King or Queen = 2 points
Assistant King or Queen = 1 point
Assistant Scum = -1 point
Scum = -2 points
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At the end of the Tournament, the high score is the Tournament winner.
Scumbag
From The Hangman's Guide to Card Games
Scumbag is usually called something else (said Arsehole in Britain) although it has many other names including President, Rich Man Poor Man, plain Scum, and many others. It is a helarious game to play and becomes greater entertainment the larger the group playing.
Players, Teams, and Seating
4 to 7 individual players, situated in a circle.
The Deck and Card Ranking
A standard 52 card deck is needed. The cards are of the standard order. That is, highest to lowest: A, K, Q, J, 10... 2. The suits have no importance. A double deck (two 52 card decks) can be used together for groups over 7 players.
The Objective and Scoring
The ultimate goal of Scumbag is to get rid of all of one's hand, especially the first to do so, but hopefully not the last. The last player to be rid of all his hand is dubbed the Scumbag. The first player to be rid of all his hand is dubbed the President.
Scoring is not a necessary part of the game, though recommended. It can give other players a better chance of changing their luck in the game. Scoring is simple. The first player, in each round, to get rid of all of his cards receives 2 points and the second receives 1 point. The first player to reach a specified amount, such as 11 points, wins.
The Deal and Play
The selection of the dealer is not specified. From the first dealer, dealing moves to the left each hand. The player to the left of the dealer may cut or bump the deck to approve the shuffle. All of the cards are dealt out one at a time. Some players may have one more card than some of the others at the end of the deal.
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Play begins with the player to the dealer's left and continues clockwise, or to the left. The first player leads by setting down any card or set of cards of any single value, like a pair, three, or four 7s. Each following player can either pass or then play a card or set of cards that is of higher value than the previous player's. If a single card is played, then the next card played must be of a higher value. If a set of two cards is played, only a set of two cards of a higher value can be played over the previous set. A set of three cards may not be played over a set of two, a set of four may not be played over a set of three or two, and so on. It is not a requirement for players to play cards in their hand at any time during the game; they may pass at any time.
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The play continues in this manner until every player other than the player who last played passes. In other words, if any player sees his own card(s) at the top of the pile, then he wins the trick and the cards may be set aside. This last player then leads a new card or set of cards. In the case that the last player to play happens to play his last card and all other players have passed back to him, the lead goes on to the player to his left.
Play goes round and round the group until each player except one gets rid of all of their cards. The first person to get rid of their cards, as mentioned before, is dubbed the President. The second is dubbed the Vice-President. The one remaining player with cards is dubbed the Scumbag. Other names may be given to every other player, if players so wish. The purpose of these titles is both for scoring, and because, after the next deal, the Scumbag must give the President his highest valued card and the President then gives the Scumbag whatever card he chooses to. The President also leads the next round.
Play can go on indefinitely purely for the enjoyment of it, or until the specified alotment of points has been reached.
Terminology
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President The title given to the player of each hand who first gets rid of his cards, and therefore must give any card at the beginning of the next hand to the only player left with cards at the end of the current hand.
Vice-President The title given to the player of each who is second to get rid of his cards.
Scumbag The title given to the only player holding cards at the end of a hand, and therefore must give the highest valued card to the President at the beginning of the next round.