Chimbridge Singlish Dictionary

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noun

1. a game where two or more players sit in a circle playing scissors paper stone, except saying 'Heart-A-ttack!' before throwing their hand rather than 'scissors paper stone!'. Once a player (or players) has lost a round of scissors paper stone, they put a free hand on the table; subsequent losers of rounds then stack their hands on top of the already placed stack of hands.
   Play continues so long as no one player is the only player with two hands free at the same time the others have both hands in the stack. If the player whose hand is at the bottom of the stack wins a round of scissors-paper-stone, or there is only one other player left with a free hand but that player still has a hand in the stack, the bottommost player gets to remove their hand from the bottom (making the stack more technically a queue of hands) and keep playing.
   Once a player manages to free both hands while the others all have both hands in the stack, they can then begin counting down by saying 'Heart... A... ttack!', slapping a hand down upon the pile of hands on the last syllable. All other players must scramble to snatch their hands away from the oncoming slap, lest they be stung by the painful blow — though they are not allowed to begin doing so before the last syllable has been uttered.

Heart Attack was definitely a thrilling and exciting game, but were the red, swollen hands and anxiety it gave us really worth it?

— 2019 September 16, Cherise Ang. wheniwasfour, "Old School Games We Love". https://shop.wheniwasfour.com/blogs/news/old-school-games-we-love