Originally Posted by
nosoupforyou 
We play a game we call "Daihimi", it is unbelievable fun, especially with a larger group.
put enough decks of cards together so you have 13+ cards per person when all the cards are dealt out.
the object is to get rid of all of your cards (first!)
the highest value card are the 2's.
suits have value as well - from lowest to highest - club, diamond, heart, spade
so the strongest card is a 2 of spades.
the first player decides what kind of hand they are going to play, based on what cards they have. you can play a 5 card poker hand, a 3 of a kind, a pair or a single.
the only valid 5 card poker hands are 2 pair (one extra card you can toss in there), straight, flush, full house, 4 of a kind (one extra card you can throw in there), 5 of a kind (if extra decks).
players go clockwise after that and they have to play a hand with the same amount of cards, with a higher value, or else they must skip. the person who plays the last hand "wins" that hand and gets to start the next round of card playing.
The first player who finishes becomes the "emperor" and the last player who finishes is the "peon". You can make up titles in between for all the players you have. The seating order changes so the emperor starts first, and everyone else goes clockwise according to their "title".
in the following round, the peon MUST give their best X number of cards to the emperor, and the emperor must give the peon the same amount of cards back, but whichever cards they want. of course, the peon can beg for certain cards and look for leniency. the person who finished 2nd gets to take X-1 cards from the 2nd to last person; the person who finished 3rd gets to take X-2 cards from the 3rd to last person, etc until the trade amount would be 0. these would be the middle class yokels haha.
the X number of cards is based on how many people and how many cards you have to play. 13 cards - trade 2. 20 cards? trade 3 or 4.
a couple of notes:
you can now end a straight with a 2 - J Q K A 2, which is the highest straight next to 2 3 4 5 6, which is just higher than A 2 3 4 5.
only the top card's suit matters. you could possibly have 2 3 of a kids of 7s played, for instance, but as long as the top card in the second 7s is higher (spade to a heart, for instance), it can be played. this is the same for straights and flushes.
I hope I have all the rules covered here. this is a fantastic game to smack talk your friends :).
oh, one more thing. there is an event that you set up before hand dependent on how many decks you are playing with - with one deck, if you are dealt 4 of a kind, you have to announce a "Revolution" and everyone changes seats - the peon becomes the emperor, 2nd to last switches with 2nd place, etc. then you deal again and the new ruling class gets the best cards. if you have 2 decks, I'd probably say go with 6 of a kind.
