President (King & Scum, Ahole)

It’s a really fun game... but you’ll randomly be on a role of being President & then like on the 5th game of you having the President streak, you’ll play your last card and there will still be people playing and it says your scum. like. what???? no. if you’re competitive like I am, that really annoyed the “you know what” out of me.

Updated: While the crashing was getting worse to the point I was about to delete this app, an update came out and seem to have fixed it. I have yet had a crash since. For this, you gained back a star! Pros: - It's free. - This is actually built pretty good. - The many, many game rules/options that are included! Cons: - It's free by advertisement... But they have to make money some how, right? However, the advertisements can be very annoying how they pop up sometimes. - Could very much use some sound effects. - I couldn't find an option to allow "Run of 3's" (e.g. 6♣, 7♣, 8 ♣). This was a rule that loved playing with while playing the Nintendo DS game "Club House Games". Only a higher "run of three" of any single suite can beat it (e.g. K♦, A♦, 2♦ will beat 6♣, 7♣, 8♣). If it's already in somewhere, my mistake, but I can't find it anywhere.

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This app is terrible. It's not even how you play presidents. For one, one two can clear any pile even if it's doubles or triples. Second, you can family cards at any time which means if there are threes jacks in the pile and you have the jack and it's not your turn you can play it and it clears the pile. Third, let's say someone plays a five and then the next person plays a five then the person who's turn it is next gets skipped and it goes on to the fourth guy. The only exception is when you can family. Fourth. You can't play a two on a pile that has no cards in it. If you use a two on nothing because it's your last card or is the luck of the draw, you become automatic scum. Fifth, the prez can take any card from the scum even if it's not there highest card. Sixth, the president always starts. The scum never goes first. If you play it this way, the games a lot more intense and fun to play with friends. Don't waste your time with this TRBL version of presidents.

There are many variations that I’ve never played, but able to custom most rules to my liking. -1 Star for: Play is not in rank order. There is a huge advantage to playing in rank order— opportunities to ditch low cards or pump up the pot, even if you aren’t president (or king, as we call it). -1 Star for Ads, especially those that play loud. Make sure ads don’t make noise or interrupt music playing. Also, keep it to 1 before, 1 after 5 rounds, and 1 at the end of game. 3 per game seems fair and sufficient. As for those who say a 2 should clear a pile, that takes most of the strategy out of the game. Play it the hard-core way. For those that say too many doubles or too hard to stay as president... have you played thousands of games? If you are playing with optimal strategists, it’s hard to stay in the top position long. And I’ve Suggestions: 1. Continuous play mode— keep playing, not limited to 10 rounds. 2. Also, would be nice to re-name players 3. We play first round is chosen by random card draw— highest card goes first... fun way to start the game

I play the game a bit different, and while there are many options to customize the game (all I've never heard of), there are a few things that bug me. I wish the players would rotate around the table consecutively with their rank. When I'm Vice President I expect to go 2nd after the president when a round starts. Scum should always play last. Instead players keep their positions at the table and president always goes first with the player on the left following. I also wish I could arrange my cards how I wanted. I hate playing backwards with high cards in the left. And since when are 2s the highest value? I got used to that though. It's still fun to play Scum on the go though.