How to play
PRESIDENT
The climbing card game — shed your hand fastest to rise from Scum to President.
Setup
- 3–7 players use one 52-card deck; 8–12 players combine two decks.
- Card rank runs low-to-high: 2 is lowest, then 3–10, J, Q, K, and Ace is highest. Suits don't matter.
Playing a trick
- In round 1, whoever holds the 3♣ leads first; from round 2 on, the previous President leads.
- The lead plays a single, pair, triple, or four-of-a-kind.
- Each following player must play the same number of cards at a strictly higher rank — or pass.
- Once everyone else passes, the last player to play takes the trick and leads a fresh one.
Finishing & titles
- Run out of cards first → you're President next round; second out → Vice-President.
- The last player still holding cards is the Scum; everyone in between is a Citizen.
The tax (between rounds)
- Before each new round, the Scum gives their two highest cards to the President, who returns any two.
- In 4+ player games, the VP and Vice-Scum swap one card each way.