Card Games
Pig
Pig is played in multiple rounds and each player's objective is to be the first in the round to have four of a kind, or to not be the last to touch your nose.
Complexity:
Players: 3 - 13
Setup
A standard 52 card deck is used, from which you pull out as many "four of a kinds" as there are players. For example, a three player game would use 12 cards (all four suits for three different values). The rest of the deck is set aside.
Shuffle the cards and pass four out to each player.
Play
Players look at their hands and select one card to pass to the left. They may then pick up the card passed to them and repeat. It is not necessary to take turns, but you must never have more than 4 cards in your hand and cannot pass more than 1 card at a time.
Play continues in this way until one player has collected four of a kind. Once a player has four of a kind, they quietly reveal their hand and place their finger on their nose and keep it there. As soon as other players notice, they also place their finger on their nose. The last player to notice is the Pig (loser).
Variations
In a variation called Spoons, instead of placing your finger on your nose, you pick up a spoon. Beforehand, a number of spoons, one less than the number of players, is placed in a pile in the middle of the table. The player who is slowest and doesn't end up with a spoon is the loser.
In a variation called Tongue, instead of placing your finger on your nose, you stick out your tongue.
Any version of this game can also use a Stock Pile. In this variation, use a full 52 card deck and deal out 4 cards to each player. The rest of the deck is placed face down in front of the dealer as the stock pile. Play continues normally except that the dealer draws from the stock pile and the player on the right of the dealer discards their unwanted cards into a face up discard pile. If the stock pile becomes exhausted, the discard pile is turned over and becomes the new stock pile.
Bluffing can be allowed. In other words, you can reach for a spoon even if you don't have four of a kind, as long as you don't actually touch the spoon. If another player takes the bait and grabs a spoon, then they are eliminated.
Jokers can be used if desired. They act as a wild card which can match any three of a kind to make it a four of a kind.
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