Card game Liar

Instruments needed for the game

The card game Melagis is usually played with a 36 or 52 card deck, but there are no defined "rules" on how many cards should be played, it is up to the playing company. The number of cards depends on both the number of players and the choice of "Melagis" game option.

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How many players play?

"Liar" can be played by 2 or more players.

Card game Liar. How to play?

First, the Liar cards are carefully shuffled and dealt equally to all participants. Let's say there are 4 players with a 52-card deck, so the dealer deals 13 cards to each player.

1 game option

The first player throws 3 cards face down on the table and says the type of cards, e.g. three queens or three nines, etc. Importantly, only one type of card can be said ("lied"). The player to his left must then say whether he believes his opponent or not. Once the player has said I believe/I don't believe, the 3 cards on the table are turned over.

Game endings:

If the opponent didn't believe you and was right, kortas the discarding player must collect all the cards back together.

If the opponent did not believe it and was wrong, he must take the 3 discards.

The game continues in circles.

Game option 2

 The first player chooses one card from his/her deck and places it face down on the table, and tells the player the type of card. This can be, for example, the nine of hearts, the queen of hearts or any other heart card. The second player on top also throws a card, but it should also be hearts. The second player can "lie" in this case and throw a completely different card but say "Hearts". The first player can check that the second player has not lied and turn the card over.

Game endings:

If the second player lied, he is "unmasked" and must take all the cards on the table. Any player may check the cards.  

If you check a card dealt to you by an opponent and it's exactly what they said it was, you have to collect all the cards yourself.

Game option 3

The cards are dealt to the players and the last card is turned up on the table. This indicates the type of card from which the game will start. For example, if any wine card is turned up, all players in turn throw the face-down card into one pile and say: "Wines". If any player does not believe that the card dealt is wine, he or she says: "You're lying", and turns up that player's card.

Game endings:

If the wines were actually placed, the player who didn't believe must take the entire deck of cards on the table.

If the lie was still made, the player who lied takes all the cards.

The player who was right throws the new card.

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Game option 4 "Latvian Liar"

The Latvian liar, unlike the Lithuanian one, is a bit more complicated, heavier and longer. Again, there is no limit to the number of players and you can play with as many cards as you want. However, experienced Melagis players recommend playing with sixes or sevens.

The game starts with an equal number of cards being dealt to the players. Let's say there are 3 players, let's call them A Liar, B Liar, C Liar.

Player A throws any number of cards of his choice into the middle of the table and says, for example, "3 Queens". Player B then says that he either believes or doesn't believe and continues the game.

That's where the fun begins:

*If Player B says that believe and after checking the cards on the table, he actually finds 3 Queens, all the cards on the table are set aside and it is his turn to throw the number of cards he wants on the table.

*If Player B says that believe and, after checking the cards on the table, finds different cards on the table, those cards go to him, and Player C continues to fold.

*If Player B says that netiki and after checking the cards on the table, he does find 3 queens, again all the cards go to him and the move is passed to the same C player.

*If Player B says that netiki and checks the cards on the table and finds them to be completely different, so Player A takes the cards and Player B continues to throw the cards.

If it is decided to continue playing, Player B can change the number of cards, but cannot change the type, so in this case he puts some number of his own cards on the face-down cards and again says "N queens". The guesses go to Player C, but he checks only Player B's cards. If it continues, Player A checks Player C's cards and so on.

Play continues until there is one player left who is declared the biggest liar of the game. In this case, a hook appears. If, say, Player A lays down his last card, and Player B, who follows him, says he doesn't believe it, and after checking his cards actually sees that Player A has lied, then he goes back into the game and takes all his cards off the table.

The simplest example of a game:

Player A: 3 ladies

Player B: 2 ladies

Player C: 2 queens

Player A: 1 queen (actually raises a king)

Player B: I believe (checks the last card, and it's not a queen but a king, so B takes all the cards from the middle)

Player C: 1 ace

Player A: I believe (checks the last card, it is as he said it would be, so the cards from the middle are placed in a separate pile).

Player A: 1 King

Player B: 2 kings (actually raises ace and queen)

Player C: I don't believe it (checks the last 2 cards and they are not what he said they would be, so Player B takes all the cards from the middle)

Player C: 2 octuplets

Player A: 3 8s (actually 3 8s)

Player B: I don't believe it (checks the last 3 cards and they are what he said they were, so B takes all the cards from the middle)

Player C: 1 octopus

And so on...

Who won?

In all cases, the "smallest" liar is the one who is the first to surrender all his cards the fastest.

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