Anyone know of a card game called Kings and Gravel suckers?

Answer 1

The way I learned to play, each person gets 5 cards and the dealer starts a set off by putting down a card. The players each take turns either putting down a card with a higher value than the previous person, or drawing a card. If a person draws a card and is able to play it, they may do so. Twos are the highest value, with everything else having standard face value. Once a person has either played the two, or a card has been played where everyone had to draw a card for a full round, the set is pulled and whoever played the top card restarts the next set. The game continues until there is one person holding cards- and that person is the gravel sucker. Thanks to the guys from Skypark who taught me how to play this at the Seattle Airport.

I play a game called Gravel Sucker (that also features a player nominted as the King) with very different rules. This version was played lots in the Youth Hostel on Berneray, Scotland.

Getting Ready for the Game

1. Use either 1 or 2 desks of cards.
2. Take out some of the lowest value cards so that you can deal out all the remaining cards equally between everyone. (eg if there are 5 players, and you have two desks, you will have 104 cards. Take out 4 cards. Then everyone has exactly 20 cards each.
3. Sit around the table. Use some method to decide who is the King.
4. Around the table, clockwise, you have King, Queen, Prince, Princess, Lord, Lady etc and finally Gravel Sucker.
5. Before the game starts the Gravel Sucker has to give their highest card to the King. The King can give any card back to the Gravel Sucker.

The game is now ready to start

1. The King starts the game
2. Place down a single card of any value (or a pair of cards of the same value (eg a five and a five), or a tripple of cards of the same value (eg a three, and three and another three).
3. Note - Best strategy is to get rid of your low cards first.
4. Going around the table, everyone has to play a higher card (or higher pair of cards, or a higher tripple of cards).
5. Any player can pass if they want (even if they could have played)
6. Whoever played the highest card (or highest pair or highest tripple) wins that round and will start the next round.

Example.

King plays a 4. Queen plays a 6. Prince plays a 7. Gravel Sucker passes. King Passes. Queen Passes.

Prince then starts the next round. Prince plays a tripple of a Six, a Six and another Six.

Gravel sucker passes. King Passes. Queen plays a tripple of a Nine, a Nine and another Nine. Going around the table everyone passes. Queen won that round and will start the next round.

Running out of cards

1. As each player runs out of cards, they win the title of King, then Queen, then Prince etc in turn down to the last person holding some cards which is the new Gravel Sucker.
2. You all then change seats to be in "rank" order. The King always starts the next game.

What the Gravel Sucker Has to do.

1. The gravel sucker has to clear up all the cards that were put down in the last round, fetch the drinks, shuffle the cards, deal the cards etc.
2. The gravel sucker normally sits on the floor or a stool or the most uncomfortable chair there is.