Oh! You Dirty Rat!

VIDEO ON HOW TO PLAY!

This is a fun card game where you and your opponent are rival Cheese Shop Keepers on the same block. You are competing to see who makes the most profit while dealing with the occasional rat that invade your shops and eats your profits. Your only hope to get rid of those rats is to find the Alley Cats! Good Luck!

Dirty Rat Rules

2 Players

Divide each deck of 54 cards:

The cards profit/loss amounts are blank so you can fill in your own different dollar amounts - more fun!! Use a permanent marker, if you have good handwritting (let it dry before touching card) or some clear P-touch labelling machine tape if you want to be able to change the dollar amounts over and over again as you wish.

Note: See my Identical Game "Oh! You Dirty Rat!" 2 for printed, non-customizable deck version. This version may be easier Seniors and Children.

Deck 1 Profits Lost - Shuffle good!

Deck 2 Cheese Sales - Shuffle good!

Grab a pencil and paper for scoring or download my free score sheet - Look right on this page under Downloads.

Place each deck in the center of table next to each other a few inches a part.

Shop keeper 1 starts off by selecting 1 card from the Cheese Sales deck, placing it face up in front of them.

If a profit was made the score keeper writes it down, and it is now shop keeper 2's turn to select 1 card from the Cheese Sales deck, placing it face up and if they made a profit the score keeper writes it down.

However, if a shop keeper selects a card and it is a "Dirty Rat" - that shop keeper's shop has just been invaded. That shop keeper must now select 1 card from the Profits Lost deck.

Every card from that deck is a loss for the unlucky shop keeper and their only hope to get rid of the rat is to find the "Alley Cat" card.

Finding that "Alley Cat" allows the unhappy shop keeper to start selecting cards once again from the Cheese Sales deck, and start gaining in profits.

The game can be finished when you deplete the decks or you can stop and shuffle the decks again and keep going for another round of competitive, luck of the draw fun!

Add up the Sales, subract off all the losses and get your final score. Cheese Shop Keeper with highest profits wins!

Alternate way to play: Lay out all the Cheese Sales Cards face down on one side of the table, face down (like a matching game). Lay out all the Profit Lost cards on the other side face down. Now when you choose your card, if you have good intuition you may have the upper hand on your oppenant. You choose your fated card instead of the deck choosing it for you. Very fun!

Thank you for taking the time to check out my card game! I hope you give it a go, and have alot of fun playing it with your friends and family. If you enjoy it or know of others who would enjoy this type of game, please share the game page.