Whenever players pick up cards due to a bluff being called, they may – if they wish – reveal four of the same rank from their hand, and discard them. The core of the game is played in the same manner as Cheat, except that the rank does not change as play proceeds around the table: every player must call the same rank. One card is removed at random before the game and set aside face-down, and the remainder are dealt between players (even if this results in players having differently sized hands of cards). The game is played with 36 cards (two or three players) or 52 (four or more). The Russian game Verish' Ne Verish' ('Trust, don't trust')-described by David Parlett as 'an ingenious cross between Cheat and Old Maid' -is also known as Russian Bluff, Chinese Bluff or simply as Cheat. The winner is the first to shed all their cards the loser is the last one left holding any cards. If it is the right card, the challenger has to pick up the stack. The card is checked and if it is the wrong card, the offending player has to pick up the entire stack. Any player may play a card other than the correct one in the sequence, but if their opponents suspect the player of cheating, they call gemogelt! ('cheated!'). The player to the left follows and names their discard as the Two of Hearts and so on up to the King. The player who has the Ace of Hearts leads by placing it face down on the table (on the surplus cards if any). A 52-card pack is used (two packs with more players) and each player is dealt the same number of cards, any surplus being dealt face down to the table. The German and Austrian variant is for four or more players and is variously known as Mogeln ('cheat'), Schwindeln ('swindle'), Lügen ('lie') or Zweifeln ('doubting'). In Italy it is referred to as “Dubito” Mogeln The game is commonly known as 'Cheat' in Britain and 'Bullshit' in the United States. In another variant, players must continue placing cards of the same rank until someone calls 'Cheat' or everyone decides to pass a turn.

In some variations, all cards (not just the ones in question) are publicly revealed after a challenge, providing information about which players lied about their cards.This is challenged and revealed in the usual manner. In some variations, a player may also lie about the number of cards they are playing, if they feel confident that other players will not notice the discrepancy.Some variants allow only a single card to be discarded during a turn.Others allow the current rank to be repeated or progress down through ranks instead of up. Some variants allow a rank above or below the previous rank to be called.A common British variant allows a player to pass their turn if they don’t wish to lie or if all the cards of the required rank have clearly been previously played.The game ends when one player runs out of cards, at which point that player wins. Once the next player has placed cards, however, it is too late to call out any previous players. If that player was right about the cards they played, the caller must take the pile into their hand. If the accused player was indeed lying, they have to take the whole pile of cards into their hand. This stops the play, and the cards in question are revealed to all players. If any player thinks another player is lying, they can call the player out by shouting 'Cheat' (or 'Bluff', 'I doubt it', etc.). Players may lie by including cards which are not of the rank required for that turn. As players call the rank, they discard one or more cards face down, and declare the number of cards discarded. Play continues like this, increasing rank each time, with aces following kings. The second player does the same, and must call twos. The player who sits to the left of the dealer (clockwise) takes the first turn, and must call aces. Some players may end up with one card more or less than other players. Shuffle the cards and deal them as evenly as possible among the players. One pack of 52 cards is used for four or fewer players five or more players should combine two 52-card packs.

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