Complete Instructions for Strip War & Other Stripping Games

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Try this 2-player strip card game for a steamy game night
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If you’re looking for a way to spice up your game night, War is a perfect strip card game to play with your partner or close friends. The rules are the same as the standard card game, except the loser has to take off their clothes if they lose a hand or if they lose a tiebreaker . We’ll cover all the rules you need to start playing, as well as some other fun strip games to try out.

Strip War: Quick Rules

Shuffle and deal 26 cards to each person in two facedown stacks. Then, both players simultaneously flip the top card of their stack. Whoever has the higher number wins the cards, and the player who has the lower card has to take off one piece of clothing.

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Stripping after Losing a Hand

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  1. Strip war is an intimate game, so choose someone you’re comfortable being around to play with! War is typically played with just 2 people, but you can play with more people if you have a larger group.
    • Strip war is a great game to play with your significant other if you want to spice up your relationship. Consider making your next date night a sexy game night instead!
  2. Make sure you and your opponent are wearing the same number of items so it’s a game. Choose which clothes you’re each comfortable taking off so everyone knows what pieces are fair game.
    • Decide on what “counts” as clothing. For example, if one person is removing socks and jewelry, it’s not very fair if the other person is only wearing a shirt and pants.
    • Don’t pressure anyone into taking off more clothes than they feel comfortable with. Respect their decision so they don’t feel uncomfortable throughout the game.
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  3. The royal cards rank King, Queen, and Jack from highest to lowest, followed by the numbers in descending order. Decide with your opponent if the Ace should be the very lowest card (1) or the highest card above the King.
    • If you’re playing with Jokers, then they’re the highest rank and beat any other card. [1]
  4. Shuffle the cards thoroughly before dealing them out. Keep the cards face down in a neat stack in front of you so neither you nor your opponent knows which cards you have. [2]
    • You can include Jokers in your game if you’d like. Just give each player 27 cards instead of 26.
    • The cards that you're flipping over will be a surprise to both you and your opponent, so the game is more exciting!
  5. Take the top card off your stack and place it face-up on the table. After that, compare the values of the cards—whoever has the highest card wins the hand. The winner takes both cards and places them in a separate face-up stack next to them. [3]
  6. If you lost the hand, then it's up to you and your opponent to decide which clothes to remove, and in what order. You can either plan the order you remove clothes ahead of time, or let the winner choose what article of clothing the loser has to remove.
    • If you choose the order ahead of time, you might have losers remove their socks first, then their shirt, then their pants, and then any undergarments (if they feel comfortable).
  7. Keep flipping over cards to play new hands. When you run out of cards in your stack, flip over your stack of face-up cards and use it as your new stack. Once a player takes off all of their clothes, they’re the loser!
    • Alternatively, if a player wins all the other cards from the other player, then they win!
    Walter B. Gibson, Professional Magician and Prolific Writer

    Strip War injects thrills into the classic card game. The rules stay simple, but losing hands now means shedding clothes. Though straightforward, this game needs a fun spirit, some daring, and an embrace of playful competition. The aim isn't just winning but savoring the cheeky journey. So gather close friends, turn up the sexual tension, and engage in the ultimate battle of wits and wardrobe. Every hand is a step toward delicious anticipation and reveal. Let the games — and clothes — fall where they may!

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Alternative Rules: Stripping During Tiebreakers Only

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  1. This variation is played the same way as normal strip war, except players only strip during a tiebreaker. Shuffle the deck and deal each person 26 cards face-down in a stack. With your stack of cards face down, begin playing by flipping a card. Whoever has the higher card takes both cards and keeps them in a face-up pile. [4]
    • For strip war, count how many articles of clothing you and your opponent are wearing to make sure it’s the same number.
  2. Anytime you put down cards that have the same value, a “war” starts to break the tie. You and your opponent both put down the next card in your stack face down on top of the first one. Then, flip the following card in your stack face-up. Whoever’s second face-up card has a higher value gets all the cards that were played. [5]
    • If the face-up cards are the same, repeat the process to start another war.
  3. You and your opponent can either plan the order you remove clothes or you can let the winner of the tiebreaker decide what has to be taken off.
    • If there were multiple tiebreaker wars, then the loser takes off that many clothes. For example, if you had to have 2 wars for a tiebreaker, then the loser takes off 2 pieces of clothing.
  4. Because you do not know how many tiebreakers you may have in a game, you may end up stripping off multiple articles of clothing or none at all. If a player takes off their last item of clothing, then they lose. If a player wins all the cards in the deck, then they’ve won!
    • Stripping only during tiebreakers makes the game a little bit longer because ties are not as common.
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Playing Strip War with More Players

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  1. Because there are 52 cards in a deck, they can't always be perfectly divided among multiple players. Make sure that everyone is starting with the same number of cards, and put whatever spare cards to the side. [6]
    • If there are 3 players, everyone gets 17 cards and 1 card gets set aside. With four people, everyone gets 13 cards. With 5 people, everyone gets 10 and 2 cards are set aside.
  2. Everyone needs to be wearing the same amount of clothing in order to start off on an equal playing field. As a group, decide the order that clothes will come off.
    • Make sure everyone is comfortable removing the same clothes. If someone doesn’t want to remove their pants or underwear, then just make the game shorter so no one fully strips.
  3. At the same time, everyone flips over their top card. Whoever has the highest card gets to keep all the cards that were flipped. Additionally, the person to win the first play gets to take the spare cards if there are any.
    • There’s a higher chance players will go into a war tiebreaker when you have multiple players.
  4. When even just 2 players have matching cards, everyone goes to war for the tiebreaker. Each player places the next card in their stack face-down, and then sets the following card face-up. Whoever has the highest face-up card now takes all the cards in play. [7]
    • The losers of the tiebreaker all have to remove one article of clothing, either in the order the players decided or whatever the winner chooses. Everyone other than the one winner of the tiebreaker ends up stripping.
    • If there’s another tie, then another war tiebreaker starts. The winner takes all the cards that were played, and the losers have to strip as many clothes as there were tiebreakers.
  5. If players strip off all their clothes or lose all their cards, then they’re out of the round. Keep playing until only 1 person is left with clothes or until a single player has all the cards in their stack. [8]
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More Strip Card Games to Try

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  1. 1
    Strip Poker Strip poker is a really easy game to play with your friends and only takes a deck of cards. Choose your favorite type of poker, like black jack or hold’em and play through a hand with your friends. Give players a chance to stay in or fold the round. Whoever is still in and has the highest ranking poker hand wins! Every other player who lost has to take off a piece of clothing.
  2. 2
    Strip UNO All you need is an UNO deck to get started. Deal the cards out and play the game as you normally would. Once a player plays the last card in their hand, all the players who still have cards have to take off a piece of clothing. Keep playing hands until there’s only 1 person left wearing clothes.
    • Alternatively, only have the player who has the most cards in their hand take off a piece of clothing.
  3. 3
    Strip Monopoly Set up a game of Monopoly with your friends, and play the game using the basic instructions. While you can use paper money to buy properties and pay for rent, you can also strip off a piece of clothing and use it instead. Just assign values to each piece of clothing so you can keep the game fair. Some simple values you could set are: [9]
    • Shoes: $50 each
    • Socks: $50 each
    • Sweatshirt: $50
    • Shirt: $100
    • Pants: $100
    • Dress: $200
    • Bra: $300
    • Underwear: $500
  4. 4
    Strip Sorry In this sexy spin on the classic game of Sorry , use the same rules as a normal game, but if you bump into another player’s piece, they have to take off a piece of clothing. The game ends once all your pieces are home or if all the other players lose all their clothes!
  5. 5
    Strip Battleship Use the normal rules when you play Battleship , but you have to take off clothes every time one of your ships sinks. Try to sink your opponent’s ships first so you get to keep your clothes on.
  6. 6
    Strip Twister In a game of strip Twister , spin the dial and place your hands or feet on the right colors. If you fall down or if the spinner ever lands on red, then take off a piece of clothing.
  7. 7
    Strip Operation When you’re playing Operation , if you ever make the buzzer go off while you’re trying to take a piece out of the board, take off a piece of clothing.
  8. 8
    Strip Cards Against Humanity In this twist, play with the normal rules and have a 1 person be the judge each round. On top of picking the best white card each round, the judge also chooses the worst white card for the prompt. The player who played that card takes off a piece of clothing.
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      2. ↑ https://youtu.be/J5vT33Vo04s?t=8
      3. ↑ https://www.playmonster.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/War_Rules.pdf
      4. ↑ https://youtu.be/z2K6uMX_g-U?t=63
      5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5vT33Vo04s
      6. ↑ https://www.pagat.com/war/war.html
      7. ↑ http://www.bicyclecards.com/how-to-play/war/
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      9. ↑ https://www.monopolyland.com/strip-monopoly/

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      Strip War is a fun, adult card game that can make an exciting date night in. The aim of the game is to win your partners cards and get them to take all of their clothes off. Before you start, make sure you’re both wearing the same number of clothes so the game will be fair. To set up the game, shuffle a deck of cards and deal them evenly between you. To play, you'll both need to reveal the top card of your pile at the same time. The player with the highest card wins both cards and puts them on the bottom of their pile, while the loser has to remove an item of clothing. If you turn over the same card, you both have to place one card face-down, then another face-up. The winner takes all 4 cards, and the loser takes off an item of clothing. Keep playing until one player is naked or wearing only underwear. For more tips, including how to play strip war with more than 2 people, read on!

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