Welcome to PEEP NAP!
Hey there! Have you heard of Peep Nap? It’s a cool twist on the classic game of Napoleon. In this version, you can pay to take a sneak peek at the widow card. Sounds exciting, right? Just like any gambling game, it’s important to start with an equal number of chips, and make sure everyone agrees on how much it costs to play each hand. If you win a round, you get chips from your opponents. The pot keeps growing until someone captures 5 tricks successfully.
Let’s Talk Cards and Deals!
First things first, grab a standard deck of 52 cards. Remember, 2’s are low, and Aces are high. Each player needs to ante up for the round. To get in the game, you gotta pay one chip into the pot. Once that’s settled, deal 5 cards to each player in sets of twos and threes. Then, place one card face down to create the widow. Keep the rest of the deck aside for now – we won’t be needing it this round.
The Game
AUCTION
When we play this card game, we all have to guess how many tricks we think we can win if we get to choose the special trump suit. If someone thinks they can win five tricks, we call it a “Nap.” But before we make our guess, we have the option to pay a chip and take a peek at the widow card. If we don’t want to guess, we can just pass and let someone else have a turn.
The person who makes the highest guess gets to choose the trump suit. They can also swap one of their cards with the widow card if they want to.
THE FIRST TURN
The person who made the highest guess gets to start the game. They have to play a card from the suit they chose as trump. So, if they picked Hearts, they have to play a Heart card for their first move. The other players have to follow the lead suit if they have one, or they can play any card if they don’t. The highest card in the lead suit or the highest trump card wins the trick.
When you play a card game called “Capture the Trick,” the player who wins the trick gets to start the next trick with any card they want from their hand.
CONTINUE PLAY
You continue playing until all five tricks have been won.
PAYOUT
Once the round is over, the player who made the winning bid gets paid. Keep in mind that they don’t earn any chips for winning tricks beyond their bid. For example, if a player bids 3 and wins 4 tricks, they only get paid 3 chips from each player.
If a player doesn’t meet or exceed their bid, they have to pay everyone at the table. So, if a player bids 3 and only wins 2 tricks, they have to pay 3 chips to each player at the table.
If you bid five and manage to win all the tricks, you’ll get the pot and payment from the other players. But if you bid five and fail to win all the tricks, you’ll have to pay the other players and double the pot.
THE WINNER
The player who still has chips left in the end is the winner. You can also play a specific number of rounds, and in that case, the player with the most chips at the end of the final round is the winner.
The player who still has chips left in the end is the winner. You can also play a specific number of rounds, and in that case, the player with the most chips at the end of the final round is the winner.