> If you got a "leaner", that was the best
I think that "fliiping" and "shooting" are synonymous - at least they were for us.
For us a "topper" could best a leaner and knocking down a leaner didn't necessarily get you anything. A "topper" was any card that came to rest on top of another. A "topper" always beat the card that it landed on - but when more than 2 were flipping, "toppers" only mattered if they topped the card closest the wall. We often flipped against a wall that had a seam at the bottom where the "floor" met the wall. Cards could slide a bit under the wall - the futher in the better. If a leaner got "topped" by another leaner the "topper" won. If a "leaner" got knocked over then whichever card was closest to the wall won. If the "leaner" fell on top of the card that knocked it down then that former "leaner" was the winner. A "leaner" beat a card that was partially under the wall. And always, only 1 toss per turn. Going last was best and the order was determined by reverse order of who was closest on the prior toss - the winner went last and the one who was furthest from the wall went first... and if some situation came up for which we had no rule whoever was quickest on the draw made one up.
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