Spanks and Excuses



Spanks and Excuses is a 'Penny Game'' that was created by Lurking Dragon in his Melody Stories and was shown being played by Janie Smythe in chapter 49 (Melody Story: Janie Turns Five).

History
Created as a component of the game Chutes and Ladders and since adapted to other purposes, 'Spanks and Excuses' is a set of playing cards that are intended to be matched, played or swapped as per the rules of any given game and then tallied at the end of the game to determine the number of strokes and type of spanking delivered to a or player at the end of the game.

Originally designed to be picked up or placed down in reaction to events in the Chutes and Ladders board game, the cards have since come to use in a variety of other spanking related card games.

Instructions
The Spanks and Excuses deck consists of two 72 card portions; A deck of 'Penalty' and a set of 'Excuse' cards.
 * Each card in the Penalties deck is marked with a symbol indicating both a state of undress in which the spanking is to be delivered, and a implement with which to deliver said spanking. Additionally each card has a number from 1 to 6 to indicate the number of spanks.
 * Each card in the Excuses Deck has identical symbols marking the suite but have an X instead of a number to indicate they are excuses.

The States of Undress
 * Skirt
 * Panties
 * Bare

 The Impliments
 * Hand
 * Helper Paddle
 * Ruler
 * Hairbrush

Rules
As the Spanks and Excuses card set is simply a deck of cards and not a game, it does not in and of itself have rules. Exact rules change from game, however the method of matching cards within the game is the same.

Excuse cards are typically used to eliminate or remove Penalty Cards from your hand. To do this you must match an Excuse card to a penalty card of the same suit. The number of spanks on the penalty card do not influence this.

It is also possible in some games to use an excuse card with a worse form of spanking to remove a lower one. For example using an excuse for a Panties spanking to remove a 'Skirt' spanking, however these excuses cannot remove a penalty worse than the one on the excuse.
 * ie; A Panties Excuse cannot remove a Bare Penalty card.

Other games
A list of other games that use this deck includes:
 * Chutes and Ladders
 * Excuse Me
 * Smack!