Snaps is a trick game, often played at parties. It requires two people who understand the game rules and a number of others, namely, those who are to be tricked. The object of the game is for those who do not understand the rules to work out how the game is played. Look up trick in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A party is a social gathering intended primarily for celebration and recreation. ...

There is really only one rule to the game of snaps: do not, under any circumstances, give the solution away, or give any major hints to how the game is played.

People who believe they have worked out the rules of the game can only prove this through a demonstration and certainly not through blurting out the answer so all can hear. This is deemed as unethical even if in a group that contains only those who know how to play.

There are many theories as to where and when the game was first created. One such theory details Timothy Goffered of Staten Island as the inventor of the game in the early 90's, however, it was practised in Australia, especially among the Australian Mathematical Olympiad community much earlier, albeit under a different name: schnapps.

It is also quite common and popular for users to modify certain elements and tweak some areas of the game, however, the fundamentals are always the same. Hence, if two snappers are aware of the same style of snapping then regardless of how it is played both players will always understand each other.