Printable BS (Cheat) rules

BS (Cheat) in one page

3–10 players · 1 deck (2 decks for 5+)

Deal out the whole deck. Players take turns laying one to four cards face down and announcing them as the next rank in order: aces, then 2s, 3s, and up through kings. Anyone who thinks you're lying calls "BS." The loser of the challenge picks up the whole pile. The first player to empty their hand wins.

In brief

• Deal out the whole deck
• Dealer's left starts and plays aces
• Play 1–4 cards face down, announce the rank
• Order: A, 2, 3 ... 10, J, Q, K, then A again
• Lying is allowed; the rank called is not optional
• Anyone may call BS before the next player plays
• Caught lying? You take the whole pile
• Told the truth? The challenger takes the pile
• Play passes left with the next rank
• First out with no successful challenge wins

Setup

1. Shuffle a standard 52-card deck. With five or more players, many groups shuffle two decks together so hands stay a decent size.
2. Deal all the cards out, face down, starting with the player on the dealer's left. Some players may end up with one more card than others, which is fine.
3. Everyone picks up their hand. Sorting it by rank helps, since you'll need to find specific ranks fast.
4. Clear a space in the middle for the discard pile. The player on the dealer's left goes first and must play aces.

On your turn

1. On your turn, put one to four cards face down on the pile and say what they are, using the rank that's due. The first player says something like "Two aces."
2. The ranks go up one step per turn: A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, then back to A. If the last player called 6s, you must call 7s.
3. You don't have to tell the truth. The cards are face down, so you can play a 4 and a jack and call them "two 7s." You must still announce the rank that's due.
4. After you play, anyone at the table may call "BS" (or "Cheat" or "I doubt it"). They have to call before the next player puts cards down.
5. If someone calls, turn over the cards you just played. If any of them aren't the rank you called, you pick up the entire discard pile. If they're all true, the challenger picks up the entire pile.
6. Whether or not there was a challenge, play passes to the left, and that player calls the next rank in order.

Scoring

Winning

The first player to get rid of all their cards wins. Your final play can be challenged like any other. If someone calls BS on your last cards and you lied, you pick up the pile and the game goes on. You only win when your last play is unchallenged or proven true.