Cha-Cha Slide
2+ Players - Spoons anyone?
Act fast! Be the first to get a flush, or grab a spoon before they're gone!
Shuffle the deck and deal each player 5 cards. Put a number of spoons in the center of the play area equal to 1 less than the number of players. We recommend spreading the deck out on the table (like "Go Fish"), especially with more than 4 players.
"Matching" cards in this game share the same suit AND border.
Your goal is to get any flush of 5 matching cards or a full house of cards (1 matching set of 3 cards AND 1 matching set of 2 cards where all 5 share one attribute).
Each player has their own faceup discard pile. All play is simultaneous; when you draw a card, discard a card. A player may draw a card from the center or the top card of any discard pile. Digging through discard piles is discouraged.
Once you have a valid hand, you may pick up a spoon. Once you pick up a spoon, all other players must pick up spoons. The person without a spoon is eliminated and the next round proceeds with 1 less player and spoon.
You may play a variant with 4 or fewer players where all players must have a valid hand when they pick up a spoon. If you are playing with more than 4 players, you may choose to apply this rule once the number of players dwindles to 4. If you choose to use this rule, any players that do not have a valid hand once the deck is depleted are eliminated.
You may also play other variants inspired by Spoons, such as:
Touching your nose instead of grabbing a spoon
Instead of eliminating players, each time you are left without a spoon, you get a letter of the word CHACHA. If you spell CHACHA, you are then eliminated. This is to extend play for smaller groups.
You may also choose to use cyclical draw/discard piles as in traditional Spoons rules, however, some of the above rules may need to be ignored (such as drawing from any discard pile and a depleted deck eliminating remaining players)
