Shithead

Goal

Be first to get rid of every card. The loser starts the next hand.

Setup

• Each player gets 3 face-down table cards.
• Choose 3 of your 6 dealt cards to sit face-up on them.
• Keep the other 3 cards as your starting hand.

Turns

• Play equal or higher than the active pile value.
• You can play multiple cards of the same rank together.
• Draw back up to 3 while the draw pile has cards.
• If you have no legal move, pick up the pile.
• When your hand is empty, your face-up cards come into hand. Face-down cards are played blind after that.

Specials

• 2 resets the pile and can be played on anything.
• 8 skips the next player and can be played on anything.
• 10 burns the pile and gives another turn.
• Four of a kind burns the pile.
• Four matching cards in a row on top of the pile burns it.

Optional Rules

• 3 invisible: the next player must beat the card under the 3.
• 7 choice: choose higher or lower for the next normal card. Specials still override.
• J lock: only a jack can be played on a jack.
• 3 starts: non-official house rule where the first player left of the dealer with a 3 starts.