Play: 2 teams of 2 Sitting across from each other as in the game of Bridge.
Each time you go through the whole deck, that equals one periods. As in hockey, you play three periods per game.
You may deal 5 cards to each player in only one of the 3 hands, and the other two hands you must deal out 4 cards to each player.
The object is to match the card played previously, and drinks are dished out accordingly. A pass is when a single match is made. A check is when three identical cards in a row are played. A rumble is when 4 identical cards in a row are played. A score is when 2 matches are made by the same team with no check in between.
1st match Pass, drink one.
2nd match (With no pass in between) Score drink two.
3rd identical card played in a row Check drink two
4th identical card played in a row Rumble Shotgun one.
Jacks are wild. Jacks pass ONLY and NEVER score, check or rumble.
The person opposite the dealer is "Skippy the Zamboni driver"and must clean the ice between hands. If he doesn’t do it before the next hand is dealt or doesn’t make it clean enough, he drinks. Also Skippy is responsible for filling up everyone’s drinks or fetching beers. Hence the term "Skippying Beers."
Nobody else but Skippy mat touch the ice. If someone does, they must drink. Hence the term: "You touched the ice! Drink!"
The winner of the game is the team with the highest score. If the game is tied after three periods you will continue play in sudden death overtime until the first score is made.
Play begins to the left of the dealer, and a card is placed face up in the middle of the table. The next player may now play a card, and play continues until all cards are played.
Skippy then clears the ice, and the next hand begins by playing off the current card on top of the discards pile. When all cards are played, pass the deck to the left and you now have a new dealer and a new Skippy for the next period.
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