Flip the card (Ddakjis)

Published on 2 January 2025 at 02:22

Flip the card (Ddakjis)

Traditional game

Before playing any game, it might be interesting to know where a game comes from. Flip the card is a game that is mostly played in Asia. This game is know to be a traditional South-Korean game called Ddakjis. This game got a world wide popularity because of the Netflix cult classic Squid Game, where the Salesman is recruiting players for the games using this game. 

How to play the game?

This game is for children and adults. It is a very simple game where you have at least 2 players. Each player has their own origami paper envelope card. One player puts their origami envelope on the ground and the second player uses their own origami envelope to flip the opponents envelope on the ground. To do this the second player uses on hand to slap their envelope on top of the first players envelope on the ground. If you succeed in flipping the envelope, you win! If you win you can throw again. When you lose the other players grabs their own envelope from the ground, and your envelope goes on the grond. The other player now takes his turn to flip the envelope on the ground. Usually the game consists of 3, 5 or 7 rounds. The player who wins the most rounds wins the game.

How to fold the origami envelopes

Instructions will be soon available