How to play Ehbed
Box open, friends waiting? Here's everything in two minutes. Read it while you shuffle.
Shuffle and deal every card
Someone shuffles and deals all 52 cards out evenly. Everyone holds their pile face-down, and nobody looks at their own cards. Ever.
✓ Correct way
✗ Wrong way
Sit in a circle
The player on the dealer's left goes first, then play moves clockwise. Leave a space in the middle for the pile.
Your turn: flip it
Take the top card off your pile, flip it into the middle where everyone can see, and do what it says. There are only two kinds: categories and actions.
Category card? Race
You and the player on your left race to name something in that category. Whoever's slower takes the pile.
Fruits / Veg
Animal
Movie
Country
Celebrity
Brand
Boy's name
Girl's name
Example
You flip Animal. You shout “giraffe” before your friend opens their mouth? They take every card in the middle.
Once a name is said in a category, it's burned for the rest of the game. Someone said “cat” for Animal? Pick something else.
Action card? Do it fast
Every action card tells you to do something. Whoever's slowest, or gets it wrong, takes the pile.
Nothing
12 cardsNothing happens. Your turn ends. The pile stays as it is.
Park (Erken)
4 cardsThe player on your left skips their turn. Next player plays.
Ambush (Kameen)
2 cardsGive your top card to your opponent. The pile stays as it is.
Connections (Wasta)
2 cardsSneak a peek at your top card. Your turn ends.
Ehbed
2 cardsEveryone immediately throws their top card onto the pile.
The Monkey (El-Erd)
2 cardsEveryone beats their chest like a monkey, then slams a hand on the table, each hand landing on top of the last. The hand on top is the last one, and its owner takes the pile.
Hit (Edrab)
1 cardRace to lightly tap your opponent first. Whoever gets tapped loses.
Stakes (Khazaok)
1 cardTake the top card from every other player and add them to your pile.
Dress (Labes)
1 cardThe player on your left must take the top card from every other player.
The Thief (Haramy)
1 cardFirst time: pick any player and swap full piles. After: swap with whoever has the largest pile.
Lost? Take the pile
Lose a race and you take every card in the middle and put it under your pile. Your hand gets heavier, the win gets further.
Who wins?
First player to run out of cards wins. Everyone else reshuffles and demands a rematch.
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