Interesting?

[featherynscale]

OK. Everything's a meme or a game lately, for which I apologize. Back to your regularly scheduled steaming pile of monkey crap soon.

Here's the latest game I'd like to play, as kipped from lysana:

Go browse through my list of interests and pick one that either 1) you know nothing about but sounds intriguing, or 2) you know something about but can't fathom why yours truly would be interested in it, and request an explanation.

Comments

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

Oh! Fun!

Tell me about kemetic unorthodox rat screw, please.

KURS

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Kemetic Unorthodox Rat Screw (KURS, for short) is a card game invented by triadruid and kittenpants. The rules may be found here (http://gaia-kat.addr.com/Entropic/kurs.html) if you want the whole story, but the short version is that KURS is a bastardization of Egyptian Rat-Fuck (a hybrid of war and slapjack for more than 2 players) which is played with a tarot deck. As tarot decks have more than the standard number and variety of cards, each major arcana card (The Sun, The Fool, etc.) has a unique rule that goes into effect when the card is played. For example, when The Star is played, the person who played it must immediately sing a song that has the word "star" in it, or deal out two cards to each of the other players. A player who plays The Hierophant recieves a tithe of two cards from each of the other players, and so on. The object of the game is nominally to collect all of the cards, but as this almost never happens, the object of the game is actually to socialize, drink, kiss the other players, and generally have a good time. It is a fabulous party game, as long as all of the players understand that it is not the sort of game one plays to win.

Re: KURS

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

Ah. I had a sneaking suspicion it had something to do with Egyptian Ratfuck (which I have played). Sounds like a blast.

Re: KURS

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

It is much fun - much easier to play than to explain though, and you have to have at least one person at the table that can remember what all the major arcana rules are, even when trashed.

Re: KURS

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

...or else, a copy of the rules could be printed out for handy access. Unless part of gameplay involves speedy responses.