Strip game
Games involving clothing removal
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::summary Games involving clothing removal ::
::data[format=table title="infobox game"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image_link | file:strip solitaire.jpg |
| image_caption | A person plays a strip playing card game. |
| alt | A person sits on a pillow facing away from the viewer, wearing only a belt and a bandanna. They hold a fanned hand of playing cards. An electric guitar and other objects frame the edges of the image. |
| genre | Party game, erotic game |
| players | Two or more |
| playing_time | Varies |
| random_chance | Varies |
| skills | Counting, strategy, bluffing, probability |
| :: |
| title = | image_link = file:strip solitaire.jpg | image_caption = A person plays a strip playing card game. | alt = A person sits on a pillow facing away from the viewer, wearing only a belt and a bandanna. They hold a fanned hand of playing cards. An electric guitar and other objects frame the edges of the image. | genre = Party game, erotic game | players = Two or more | setup_time = | playing_time = Varies | random_chance = Varies | skills = Counting, strategy, bluffing, probability
Strip games or stripping games are games which have clothing removal as a gameplay element.
Classification
There are two broad categories of these games: the first are sexualized, and getting other people to remove their clothes is one of the aims of the game. The second are not sexualized, and the taking off of clothes is done to distinguish between two teams, for instance half the men playing shirts versus skins soccer will remove their shirts in order to visually distinguish between the two teams.
In the sexualized games, the eventual complete loss of clothing is considered part of a usual game in the style of a striptease. Games involving stripping have been invented independently of non-stripping game. Games not normally involving clothing loss can be adapted into strip games. Some rulesets can be adapted more easily than others; but generally strip games are flexible and intended to generate an atmosphere of fun in a group of consenting adults.
Notable games
Euchre
Strip euchre developed in the late 1800s from a euchre variant known as 'progressive euchre'.{{cite news | date = March 22, 1886 | location = Evansville, Indiana | newspaper = The Evansville Journal | title = Strip Euchre | url = https://newspapers.com/article/the-evansville-journal-strip-euchre/167646667 | via = newspapers.com
Mahjong
A game of strip mahjong is depicted in the allegorical painting Beijing 2008. Many strip mahjong video games have been published, especially by Japanese software companies.{{cite web | url = https://sutorippu.com/tag/mahjongg | title = Mahjongg | Sutorippu! | date = 5 May 2023
Murchéh daréh
"Murcheh dareh che kar konam?" ("There are ants [here], what shall I do?"), or just "Murcheh dareh" (مورچه داره, There Are Ants), is a traditional Iranian dance-based game played by women, although a parody played by men exists ("Zar gazidam").
Poker
Strip poker is a party game and a variation of the traditional poker where players remove clothing when they lose a round. Any form of poker can be adapted to a strip form; however, it is usually played with simple variants with few betting rounds, like five-card draw.About.com: How to Play Strip Poker {{webarchive | url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170224135327/poker.about.com/od/strippoker/a/strippoker.htm | date = 2017-02-24
Strip poker can be played by single-sex groups or by mixed groups in social situations and intended to generate an atmosphere of fun and to lighten the social atmosphere by the removal of clothing. While the game is sometimes employed as a type of foreplay, it is itself usually not considered a sexual interaction due to the fact that it does not require contact and full nudity is involved only at the end of the game or sometimes not at all (depending on rule variants). The game is sometimes integrated with Truth or Dare? rules. Strip poker has been adapted for solo gameplay, such as by use of online or offline video games.
Rules
At the beginning of each turn, each player must remove an article of clothing as an ante. If there are two couples playing there should be four shoes in the pot before the cards are dealt. At the outset, one of the articles of clothing is removed from the game permanently. So the winner will receive three articles of clothing in the ante.
The opener must bet, and they can be raised, just like ordinary poker. After the draw, the players make another bet, like regular poker. Once an article of clothing is removed, it cannot be put back on. The clothing is just used as a stake for betting. Only clothing can be bet. No player may withdraw once the game begins without forfeiting all articles of clothing.{{cite book | last = Silberstang | first = Edwin | title = Silberstang's Encyclopedia of Games & Gambling | publisher = Cardoza Publishing | year = 1996 | isbn = 0-940685-55-8 | location = Cooper Station, New York, NY | pages = 89, 90 | url = https://archive.org/details/silberstangsency00silb/page/89
Strategy
In some rule sets, players who fold before the flop are not required to remove clothing. As such, a player who is uncomfortable removing clothing (or, more commonly, a player who does not want to remove all their clothing first) can simply fold very often or every time before the flop, essentially playing a "tight" pre-flop strategy. Using this strategy, a player could stay clothed for the entire game simply by folding their hands.
Strip poker requires a different overall strategy from poker played with betting chips since the maximum loss on a hand of strip poker is (typically) one item of clothing. In a betting environment, a player who stays in the pot with a weak hand is liable to lose many chips in a single hand. In strip poker, the risk of staying in a hand is significantly limited, so players can play hands with lower probabilities than they would in a cash game. For example, in a cash game, because it occurs only 8% of the time, an inside straight draw might be a poor hand to play, hence the saying "Never draw to an inside straight." In strip poker, when the potential loss is only one item of clothing whether you fold or call, an 8% chance to win the hand is better than the alternative.
Another variant uses some sort of betting token, allowing for normal poker strategies. Once a player runs out of tokens, they can "sell" a piece of clothing for more tokens in order to stay in the game.
History
While it has been suggested that strip poker originated in New Orleans brothels in the United States around the same time as original poker in the 19th century,{{cite web | url = http://777.com/articles/strip-poker-history-and-rules | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080514110750/777.com/articles/strip-poker-history-and-rules | url-status = dead | title = Who Will Lose Their Undies Tonight? Strip Poker - History and Rules | archive-date = 14 May 2008 | website = 777.com | url = http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=strip | title = Online Etymological Dictionary | access-date = 2011-10-12 | archive-date = 2022-11-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221101040949/etymonline.com/word/strip | url-status = live
Yakyūken
Popularised by Kinichi Hagimoto{{cite thesis | url = https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/1602 | title = Laughing Until It Hurts: Children, Mothers and Concerns about Comedic Television in Contemporary Japan | publisher = The University of Chicago | last1 = Feeney | first1 = William John
Legality
Depending on jurisdiction and the particular circumstances of the game, strip games may encounter regulation on the grounds of clothes-wearing (or not wearing) norms, gaming and gambling, and sexual expression. Additionally, verbally coercing someone to play a strip game is often considered a form of sexual harassment.
In 2013, the concept of strip sports betting was launched in the United States by creating live internet broadcasts using models and pornstars who bet on football games and take their clothes off as they lose.{{cite web | url = http://thepresswire.com/?p=1993 | title = The Presswire | access-date = 2013-09-17 | archive-date = 2016-03-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220218/thepresswire.com/?p=1993 | url-status = live | title = Strip Sports Betting – Like Strip Poker, Without the Cards! | url = https://stripsportsbetting.com | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130811003334/stripsportsbetting.com | archive-date = 11 August 2013 | website = Strip Sports Betting
References
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- Anjavi Shirazi [1973, 55-56]
- See Chapter 1 of [[A Coffin for Dimitrios]] by [[Eric Ambler]]
- J DiMotto, [[Wisconsin Law Journal]] 2015
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