Oh Poo

Oh Poo is not just another card elimination game. Sure, you discard and pass cards, but you also get to flush and use a plunger on them as well! All you need to do to win is avoid being the player last to hold the Poo Card!

Game play is fast and easy to learn. Can you keep up with the flushing, drawing, plunging, and matching!? You better hope so, or you could be stuck holding the poo!

Game Play Premise: Don’t get stuck holding the Poo! Flush it, use the plunger, trick a fellow player into taking it off your hands... Keep it far away!

Getting Started: Shuffle the deck and deal out all cards. Some players may have an extra card compared to other players. That’s okay! Look at the cards you were dealt. If you have any two matching food card pairs discard them into a discard pile. *If you have three of the same cards, you discard two (one pair). If you have four of the same cards you can discard all four (two pair).

Don’t let any players see your cards that are not able to be discarded! Keep them secret!

After all players have discarded matching pairs, the youngest player goes first by drawing a single random card from the player on their right. Any new matching food card pairs, if a matching card was drawn, gets discarded right away and then the player on the right of the starting player does the same, going around the table allowing each player to draw one card and discard pairs if they are able.

Anytime two food cards match they should be discarded.

The Plunger Card: Playing the Plunger Card switches the direction players draw cards from. If players had been drawing cards from the player on their right, they would now switch to drawing cards from the player on their left. Anytime a Plunger Card is played the direction changes. There are only four Plunger Cards in the deck. If you have a Plunger Card you can play it at the beginning of your turn or at the very end of your turn. Don't use the Plunger Card just because you have it, it may be beneficial to hang unto it if you can, for an opportune moment to use it. When you play a Plunger Card it gets discarded immediately and is removed from the game.

Pro Tip: If you suspect the player you are drawing cards from has the Poo Card, you may want to play a Plunger Card if you have one before drawing a card from that player!

The Toilet Card: The Toilet Card never gets discarded and stays in the game until the very end. Whenever you have the Toilet Card and the Poo Card in your hand you can flush the Poo Card by giving it to any player of your choice. When flushing the Poo you have to show everybody you have the toilet card. You keep the Toilet Card in your hand after flushing the poo, as it could be drawn by the player drawing cards from you on their next turn.

The Poo Card: If you are left with no food cards in your hand and don’t have the Toilet Card, but are holding the Poo Card, you lose the game. OH POO!

Anytime you discard all your food cards and have no other cards in your hand during your turn, you are ‘out’ and can sit back and watch the remaining players struggle to avoid being stuck with the Poo Card. Watch close, because once a player goes out things can start happening fast! Before you know you it somebody will be the loser and proclaiming "OH POO!".