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Egyptian Ratscrew v1.0|	  by: Emericaska8r
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Objective:
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To get all the cards.

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Gameplay:
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Players are dealt equal packs of cards (or as close as possible) from the deck. Players are not to look at their cards at any time before they are played.
A player begins by placing their top card face-up to start a central pile. Play proceeds in a pre-defined order and each player lays down their top card
on the pile until a face card or ace is played. The next player then has a certain number of chances to play another face card or ace (4 chances after an
ace, 3 after a king, 2 after a queen and 1 after a jack). If the player is able to do so, play proceeds and the next player must attempt to play
another face card or ace in the newly prescribed number of chances. If the player is unable to do so, the most recent player to play a face card or
ace claims the pile. Also, if a player is unable to finish playing because he/she ran out of cards, the next player is responsible for the difference
(i.e. Player 1 plays a King, Player 2 only has 1 card left, Player 3 continues to play the final 2 cards).

For certain sequences of cards (see next section), the pile
may be claimed by slapping it. In these cases, any player, including those holding no cards may slap the
pile to attempt to claim it. The first to slap the pile claims the cards. If the successful claimer had no cards previous to the slap, this is called
'slapping in'.

The game ends when a single player holds the entire deck.

Note: If a single player has been eliminated before the end of gameplay (has no cards), that player has the option to slap the pile at any appropriate
time and the cards are righfully theirs. Basically, as long as someone hasn't completely won, you have not yet lost.

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Ways to slap the pile:
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Pair: Two cards of the same rank played in succession, e.g. 9-9.
Sandwich: A pair separated by a single card of a different rank, e.g. 5-7-5.

	:There are many other variations to slap the pile. In my next release I may add more, and in an options menu allow players to turn on/off the ones
	:that they would like to use.

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Controls:
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Square.........Play a card on your turn
Cross..........Slap the pile
Start..........Quit the game


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Plans (for future releases):
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	1) Add more slapping variations, which you may turn on/off in an options menu.

	2) Make easy/medium/hard difficulties for computer players, which may also be set in the options menu.

	3) Add background music.

	4) Add slapping noises, and animations when slapping.

	5) Whatever else I think of, or that people think will be useful.