Cockroach Poker English Edition

Description

Cockroach Poker is a reverse set collection game that has nothing to do with poker – except that the game is all about bluffing, with cards that show cockroaches, rats and stink bugs. The objective is to force another player to collect 4 of any type of critter.

The deck includes 64 cards, with eight copies of eight different types of critters. To set up the game, shuffle the deck and deal the cards to the players.

On a turn, a player takes one card from their hand, lays it face down on the table, slides it to a player of their choice, and declares a type of critter, e.g., "Stink bug". The player receiving the card either

• You accept the card, say either "true" or "false", then reveal the card. If this player is wrong in their claim, they keep the card on the table in front of them face up; if they are right, the player who gave them the card places it face up before them.

• Peeks at the card, then passes it face down to another player, either stating the original type of critter or a new type. This new player then has the choice to accept the card or pass it, provided the card has not yet been seen by all other players, in which case the player must choose the first option.

Whoever lost a challenge and had to place the card before them on the table begins the next round.

The game ends when a player has no cards to pass on their turn or when a player has four cards of the same critter on the table in front of them. In another case, this player loses and everyone else wins.