The downcards will be played last and players are not allowed to see or change them until the endgame phase. All other cards rank in their natural order, Aces high, and suits are irrelevant.įrom a shuffled deck of cards, the dealer gives each player 9 cards: 3 downcards in a row, 3 upcards on top of the downcards, and 3 hand cards. The popular name of the game appears to be a mistranslation of its south Swedish name which, confusingly, is also the name of the more challenging Swedish game of Skitgubbe ('grubby old man' ).Ī standard 52-card pack with French suit symbols is used. It is also quite closely related to the Finnish game of Paskahousu. It appears to be of Swedish or Nordic origin and is probably the international equivalent of the now classic Swedish game of Vändtia ('turn ten'), which itself emerged in the 1970s. The game became popular among backpackers in the late 20th century. Although the basic structure of the game generally remains constant, there are regional variations to the game's original rules. Shithead (also called China Hand, Ten-Two Slide, Karma, Palace or Shed ) is a card game, the object of which is to lose all of one's playing cards. China Hand, Ten-Two Slide, Karma, Palace, Shed

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