Cockroach Poker

1. 1
   Shuffle. Shuffle the 64 cards showing 8 critter types. A full hidden deck sits ready for dealing.
2. 2
   Deal. Deal the whole deck out face down to all players. Each player holds a hidden hand of critters.

Worked opening: Anna slides a face-down card to Ben and says Cockroach. Ben peeks, sees a Rat, and passes it to Carla saying Rat. Carla accepts and calls False. The card is a Rat, so Carla takes it face up.

1. 1
   Offer. On your turn, slide one card from your hand face-down to another player and declare a critter, truthfully or not. The receiver holds an unrevealed card with a claim attached.
2. 2
   Decide. The receiver accepts the claim, or peeks and passes it on. Accepted cards face judgment and passed cards move to a new receiver.
3. 3
   Reveal. When a receiver accepts instead of passing, flip the card and compare it with the claim. A correct call gives the card to the passer face-up; a wrong call gives it to the receiver.
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   Pass. The player who takes the card places it face-up in front of them and starts the next offer with a new card. Each taken card is one step closer to losing, and play continues.

1. 1
   Offer. On your turn, slide one hand card face down to any other player and declare a critter, true or false. The receiver holds a claimed but unseen card.
2. 2
   Peek. The receiver may judge blind or peek in secret before deciding. The card is flipped over, or it moves to a player who has not seen it.
3. 3
   Judge. A receiver who accepts calls True or False and flips the card. A right call gives the card to the passer, and a wrong call gives it to the receiver.
4. 4
   Limit. Never pass a card to a player who already saw it. A player who saw the card is skipped, and the last passer takes the True-or-False call.
5. 5
   Lose. Lose as soon as you hold four of one critter face up. Also lose when you must offer a card with an empty hand.

• Bluff caught: Anna offers a card to Ben saying Scorpion, but Ben calls False and the card is a Spider, so Anna takes it face up.
• Losing fourth: Dan already shows three Bats; he wrongly accepts a Bat claim, lays the fourth Bat face up, and loses the game.

Cockroach, Bat, Fly, Toad, Rat, Scorpion, Spider, Stink bug

The 8 critter types. Eight copies of each in the 64-card deck.

• Never pass a card to a player who already saw it in the chain.
• The passer sits out the reveal, and only the last passer takes the True-or-False call.
• An empty hand loses as soon as you must offer, so track your count.