Cheat (Britain), also known as Bullshit (United States) or I Doubt It, is a card game where the players aim to get rid of all of their cards. It is a game of deception, with cards being played face-down and players being permitted (and often required) to lie about the cards they have played. A challenge is usually made by players calling out the name of the game, and the loser of a challenge has to pick up every card played so far. Cheat is classed as a party game.
Mogeln
The German and Austrian variant is for four or more players and is variously known as Mogeln ("cheat"), Schwindeln ("swindle"), Lügen ("lie") or Zweifeln ("doubting"). In Austrian Vorarlberg it is also Lüga. A 52-card pack is used (two packs with more players) and each player is dealt the same number of cards, any surplus being dealt face down to the table. The player who has the Ace of Hearts leads by placing it face down on the table (on the surplus cards if any). The player to the left follows and names their discard as the Two of Hearts and so on up to the King. Then the next suit is started. Any player may play a card other than the correct one in the sequence, but if their opponents suspect the player of cheating, they call gemogelt! ("cheated!"). The card is checked and if it is the wrong card, the offending player has to pick up the entire stack. If it is the right card, the challenger has to pick up the stack. The winner is the first to shed all their cards; the loser is the last one left holding any cards.
Veryu Ne Veryu
The Russian game Veryu Ne Veryu (Russian, Верю не Верю, literally "I believe, I don't believe") is typically played with 36 cards, and differs from Cheat in several respects. First, the rank does not change as play proceeds around the table: every player must call the same rank as chosen by the first player. Second, aside from the options of laying down additional cards or calling "ne veryu" ("I don't believe") to call a bluff, a player has the third option to call "veryu" ("I believe"). In this case, the last played cards are revealed, and either the entire round's stack is removed out of play if the last played cards were truly of the claimed rank, or the entire stack is taken by the current (calling) player if they were not. If the current player takes cards due to an incorrect call, their turn ends, but the addition of the "veryu" call means that a player always has a way to avoid losing their turn, even when the previous player is clearly telling the truth and the next player knows that the current player does not have the needed rank. Finally, the game differs from Cheat in that play typically continues after a player gets rid of their cards (and "leaves" the game, in most variants only after finishing the round) until only a sole loser is left.
Many variants of the game exists, including playing with more cards, not allowing aces to be called as their rank, and others. One version of the game also does not begin with the entire deck dealt out. Instead, each player is dealt a hand of five cards and draws up to five at the end of every round if they have fewer than five, and players are only able to leave the game once the draw deck is empty. If a round reaches a player at a point in which they have no cards in hand, they are forced to make a call.
Canadian/Spanish Bluff
Similar to Russian Bluff, it is a version used by at least some in Canada and known in Spain. The rules are rather strict and, while it is a variation, it is not open to much variation itself. It is also known in English as Fourshit (single deck) and Eightshit (double deck), the game involves a few important changes to the standard rules. Usually two decks are used The Spanish variation calls for a bidding war to see who has the highest card. The winner of the challenge is the first player. In Canada, a version is the first player to be dealt a Jack face up, and then the cards are re-dealt face down.
The first player will make a "claim" of any rank of cards and an amount of their choice. In this version each player in turn must play as many cards as they wish of the same rank. A player may play more cards than they claim to play though hiding cards under the table or up the sleeve is not allowed. After any challenge, the winner begins a new round by making a claim of any amount of any card rank.
If at any point a player picks up cards and has all eight natural cards of a certain rank, they declare this out loud and remove them from the game. If a player fails to do this and later leads a round with this rank, they automatically lose the game.
Once a player has played all their cards, they are out of that particular hand. Play continues until there are only two players (at which point some cards have probably been removed from the game). The players continue playing until there is a loser. The object of the game is usually not so much to win, but not be the loser. The loser is usually penalised by the winners either in having the dishonour of losing, or having to perform a forfeit.
Chinese Liar
In the Fujian province, a version of the game known as 吹牛 ("bragging") or 说谎 ("lying") is played with no restriction on the rank that may be called each turn, and simply requiring that each set is claimed to be of the same number. On any given turn, a player may "pass" instead of playing. If all players pass consecutively, then the face-down stack of played cards is taken out of the game until the next bluff is called. The player who previously called a rank then begins play again.