
Cockroach Poker
Cockroach Poker is a reverse set collection game that has nothing to do with poker - except that the game is all about bluffing, with cards that show cockroaches, rats, and stink bugs. The goal is to force another player to collect 4 of any one type of critter.The deck includes 64 cards, with eight copies of eight types of critters. To set up the game, shuffle the deck and deal the cards out to players. On a turn, a player takes one card from his hand, lays it face down on the table, slides it to a player of his choice, and declares a type of critter, e.g., "Stink bug". If the player receiving the card accepts the card, she says either "true" or "false", then reveals the card. If this player is wrong in her claim, she keeps the card on the table in front of her face up; if she is right, the player who gave her the card places it face up before him.Alternatively, the receiving player may peek at the card, then pass it face down to another player, either saying the original type of critt