Over Under Ostrich
Over Under Ostrich Rulebook
Table of Contents
Setup
Flip all cards face down and spread them in a loose pile (showing the ostriches' heads in the sand) in the center of the play area.
Everyone pick a spot evenly spaced around the edge of the table about shoulder-width apart. The area in front of you is your "Ostrich Sanctuary" where you will place and collect the 6 different ostrich cards you need to successfully POP and SNATCH to win the game.
Play
Take one arm, bend it at the elbow and the wrist with your fingers and thumb pointing away. This is your Ostrich Arm. Quack...Honk?
At the count of 1,2,3, GO! Everyone uses their Ostrich Arm to PICK and SLIDE any ONE face-down or face-up card (If there are any showing they need to complete their collection) to the edge of the table near them.
Stick the card out over the EDGE of the table and...
POP
Pop the card into the air using the back of your fingers (your Ostrich Beak!) and then...
SNATCH
Snatch the card out of the air using the SAME arm! If you MISS and the card lands on the table, in your lap, on the the floor, etc. you MUST pick it up, slide it to the edge and POP/SNATCH it again until you successfully catch it (EVEN if you saw it was a color/hairstyle you already have!)
Collect
When you successfully POP and SNATCH a card, and it's an ostrich you still need, put it face-up on the table in front of you in your Ostrich Sanctuary.
If it's an ostrich card with a color/hairstyle you ALREADY HAVE in front of you, TOSS it FACE-UP onto the center pile. Quickly PICK and SLIDE a new card and continue!
Clipper
If it's one of the CLIPPER cards, reach over into an opponents Ostrich Sanctuary and CLIP any one of their already collected Ostriches by SLAPPING the CLIPPER card on top! (You MUST physically reach over and do it. No tossing those clippers!) That player must now collect that color/hairstyle of Ostrich again.
Winning the Game
Be the first to collect all 6 different colors and hairstyles and place them in front of you in your Ostrich Sanctuary.
Yell "HEADS UP!" and you win!