Game Rules – Liar’s Bar: Russian Roulette

🎯 Objective

The goal is to get rid of all your cards before anyone else.

👥 Number of Players

• 2–4 players

🃏 Deck Composition

• 6 Kings
• 6 Queens
• 6 Aces
• 2 Jokers (Wild Cards — can replace any card type)

Each player starts with 5 cards.

🔄 Gameplay

• Each round, the game randomly chooses one card type to play (A, K, or Q).
• On your turn, you can:
  • Play up to 3 cards that match the current card type
  • Or bluff by pretending your cards match when they don’t
• The next player can either:
  • Continue playing cards of the same type
  • Or call you a liar (challenge your move)

💣 Consequences

• If someone is called out:
  • If the challenge is correct (you lied) → you lose the round
  • If the challenge is wrong (you told the truth) → the challenger loses instead
• The loser must pull the trigger in a Russian Roulette revolver with one bullet in six chambers.
• If you survive, the game continues; if not, you’re eliminated.
• The game continues until only one player remains alive — they are the winner.

🔁 Starting the Next Round

• The player who starts the new round is determined by who lost the previous one:
  • If a player was caught lying, they start the next round
  • If a player incorrectly called a bluff, they start the next round
  • If the loser was eliminated, the next non-eliminated player in turn order starts the new round

💀 Elimination & Card Rules

• The same 20 cards are used throughout the game.
• At the start of every new round:
  • The deck is reshuffled
  • Each remaining player receives 5 cards
  • Any leftover cards (from eliminated players) are randomly left out of play for that round
• Examples:
  • With 3 players, 5 random cards are out of play for this round
  • With 2 players, 10 random cards are out of play for this round
• This keeps the game fresh and unpredictable — players never know which cards are missing, making bluffing riskier and more exciting!