Kemps (Signal Card Game)

Split into teams of two, seating partners across the table from each other rather than side by side.

Deal four cards to every player; the rest stays as a shared draw pile between team pairs on each side.

Players race to trade cards with their own draw pile, trying to collect four cards of the same rank as fast as possible.

The moment a player completes four-of-a-kind, they must secretly signal their partner (a wink, a nose scratch, a code) without the opposing team noticing.

The partner who spots the signal calls out 'Kemps' before the opposing team catches on; if correct, that team scores a point.

If the opposing team notices the signal first and calls it out correctly, they steal the point instead.