Cheat (BS)

The bluffing card game also known as BS or I Doubt It. Play against the computer and call “Cheat!” when you spot a lie. Rules

Max13

Ivy13

Leo13

Played

Pile: 0

Your turnA(Ace)

Your turn. Play Aces

Your hand 13 cards

How to play Cheat

Deal a standard 52-card deck (no jokers) to all players. The first player to get rid of all their cards wins.
On your turn, play 1 to 4 cards face down and say what they are. The rank goes up by one each turn: Aces, 2s, 3s … Kings, then Aces again. You may lie and play other cards.
If you think someone is lying, call “Cheat!” Their cards are turned over. If any card is not the rank they said, they take the whole pile. If all the cards are true, the player who called takes the pile.

You play against 3 computer players (or 4, in Settings). You go first with Aces.
On your turn, tap the cards you want to play, then press Play. If you have cards of the rank to play, they are already selected.
When another player plays, you can press “Cheat!” until the yellow line under the button runs out. Against the computer, you can call on the player right before you at any time until you play your own cards.
Your hand is sorted into columns by rank, and the column of the rank just played lights up. Count how many you hold to catch bluffs.
The game ends as soon as one player is out of cards. Everyone else is ranked by how many cards they have left.
To play with friends, press Friends, make a link and send it. Everyone plays on their own phone or computer (4 or 5 players; the computer fills empty seats). Online, you can only call Cheat until the yellow line runs out. The link works for 12 hours after the last move.
In Settings, choose the number of players (4 or 5), how strong the computer players are (Easy, Medium or Hard) and how fast they play. If you close the page, you can pick up where you left off. On a computer, you can also press D to call “Cheat!”.

There are only four cards of each rank. If you hold three 7s and someone plays “two 7s”, they must be lying. Remember the cards you have put into the pile, too.
Against the computer players here, two or more cards played at once are usually true. A single card, especially from a player with only a few cards left, is more often a bluff.
A player’s last card almost always gets called. Count ahead to see which rank you will need to play last, and save a real card of that rank.
When the pile is big, a wrong call means picking up a lot of cards. Only call when you are fairly sure.