Flinch. is. a. card. game,. played. with. a. custom. deck,. invented. in. 1905. (according. to. parker. brother. website)..
To. Play:. You. deal. out. all. the. cards. to. the. people. and. don't. look. at. them.. The. first. player. turns. over. the. card. and. if. it. is. a. one. it. is. put. in. the. middle,. if. it. is. not. a. one. it. is. put. face. up. so. that. everyone. can. see. it.. The. second. player. takes. their. top. car. and. again. if. it. is. not. a. one. it. is. put. face. up,. and. so. forth. for. the. rest. of. the. players.. The. first. person. goes. again. and. if. they. can. put. their. card. on. someone. else's. pile. say. person. one. has. a. 9. and. person. two. has. an. 8. they. can. place. their. 9. on. person. two's. 8,. if. it. cannot. be. place. in. the. middle.. The. middle. piles. you. can. only. work. 1-15. in. a. consecutive. row,. as. with. other. people's. pile. can. go. up. or. down. eg.. 7,8,7,6,7,6,5,. etc.. once. you. are. at. 15. only. a. 14. can. be. placed. on. it.. Then. player. one. takes. from. the. face. down. pile. and. plays. it. where. needed.. Say. s/he. put. it. face. up. infront. of. him. where. it. could. be. placed. in. the. middle. or. on. somebody. else's. pile. and. if. the. other. players. notice. it. they. yell. "Flinch"..
So you always work from your face up pile first then see if it can be placed in the middle and if not on other people's cards and if not leave it on your pile. Once you complete that you may now take from your face down pile and then look at the middle pile first and then other people's piles and if you get rid of that card you pick up another one and so forth.
The object of the game is to get rid of all your cards.
There are many different versions of games that you can play with this deck.
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