Horse Race (Camel Race)
Horse Race is a card game where the four aces race each other. Everyone bets sips on an ace and hopes their horse crosses the finish line first. The game is also known as Camel Race.
What is Horse Race?
How to play
- Take the jokers out of the deck.
- Put the aces face up next to each other on the table. These are the horses.
- Put 6 cards face down in a vertical row. This is the race track.
- Every player picks an ace and bets a number of sips.
- You drink your bet before the race.
- Then keep turning over the top card of the deck.
- The suit of the card decides which ace moves one step forward.
- Once all horses have passed a card on the track, turn that track card over.
- The ace with the suit of that track card moves one step back.
- The first ace to pass the last card wins.
When do you drink?
- Every player drinks their bet before the race.
- Did your horse lose? Then you also drink the bet of the winner.
- You can also play that the winner doubles their bet and hands it out.
Extra rules
- Pick a commentator or game host.
- Set a maximum or minimum bet.
- In big groups more players can pick the same horse.
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