Slap Pile: Slapjack & Speed

Put the phone flat in the middle of the table. Everyone takes the corner in front of them: their own deck, their own slap pad, and a line that tells them what is happening. Then deal.

FIVE GAMES
• Slapjack: take turns turning cards, and slap every jack first.
• Egyptian Ratscrew: face cards set a challenge, and doubles and sandwiches are there for the slapping. Turn house rules on or off: doubles, sandwiches, top and bottom, marriage, adds to ten.
• Speed: two players, no turns. Race to play one up or one down on the middle piles.
• Snap: everyone turns onto a pile of their own. Slap when two tops match.
• War: everyone turns a card, and the high card takes them all. Ties go to war.

TWO TO FOUR PLAYERS, ONE PHONE
Two players face each other from the ends of the phone. With three, two share one end and the third takes the other; four take a corner each. On a tablet, four players take a side each. Every seat is turned to face its player, and every card shows its rank in two corners, so it reads from anywhere at the table.

Each slap pad reacts the instant a hand lands, and the phone decides who was first. No more arguing about whose hand was on the bottom.

PLAY AGAINST THE COMPUTER
Any seat can be the computer, at three speeds. Easy gives the youngest player a real chance; sharp slaps about as fast as a quick adult.

WHAT IT COSTS
Slap Pile is free and has no in-app purchases. Ads pay for it: a small banner on the home screen and a full-screen ad after every fourth finished game. You never see an ad while a game is being played.

Play in English, Spanish or Portuguese. Nothing leaves your device but ad requests, crash reports and anonymous usage counts. There is no account to make.