This is a game named after a throwaway joke from an episode of Blackadder. I love the quote and refer to it frequently, but the game is apparently fictional, so I made it… not fictional!
Shove Piggy Shove Rules
2 players
Requirements: a pack of standard playing cards; a playing surface of reasonable size
Deal out 7 cards
Prev winner places any of their cards on the table.
Prev loser places another card away from it.
These cards must be at least 3 in rank away from each other, eg a 2 and a 5 is ok but a 2 and a 4 isn't.
First to get rid of all of their cards wins.
Each person must, in turn, starting with the loser (or winner of a coin flip on round 1), "shove" a card down so it partially overlaps a card already on the table. The placed card must be one rank higher than the one it's placed onto - eg an 8 places onto a 7.
The card cannot overlap any other cards, except for in cases listed below in the Bonus section.
If you can't place a card down that is valid in this way, you need to "oink" - pick one up from the deck.
You can earn bonus turns in several ways:
A "match shove" is when the card you place has the same suit as the card of the lower rank - eg playing the 6 of spades on the 5 of spades.
A "double shove" is when you place a card down so that it touches two cards of a rank lower, eg a 6 played on two 5s at the same time.
A "chain shove" is when you place a card down so that it touches a card of the rank higher. This is only valid if it also touches a card of the rank lower - eg placing a 6 onto both a 5 and a 7.
A "piggy shove" is when you place a 2 on an Ace that has already been placed on a King.
These also stack - if you place the 2 of clubs onto two aces simultaneously, one being a ace of clubs and both of which are on a king, you can then make 4 extra moves - one for a match shove, one for a double shove and two piggy shoves. Also, they accumulate - if you get a bonus during a bonus extra turn, you gain that bonus.