Wow that's shitty Haggis…Had something similar with a table from Ikea, parts were wrong or just missing...
how I hated that table...his name was Björkudden. Yeah, he had a name!
@Chrissie:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_(game) This is one version but the version I play with friends is different. First only two can play. We divide the deck in two parts and we each get one part. We place two cards facing upwards from our decks in the middle and then from each of our decks, we place four cards in front of us, again facing upwards. You have to have four cards ALWAYS in front of you ('xept when you run out of cards). You can move a card that has the same letter above another and then place another one in its place. Once both players are ready, they say '1,2,3' and the game starts. You have to quickly grab cards from the four in front of you and chain them with the two in the middle (if there is a card with 8, you can chain it either with 7 or 9, no matter the color or symbol on the card. You can chain an Ace with both the Kings and 2). When the top cards on the two columns in the middle are the same, you have to quickly yell stress and the other player picks up both decks and two new cards are placed down and you continue the game. If someone throws a card on top before you yell stress, then the 'stress' doesn't count. The winner is the person that throws all of their cards away. It's a pretty fast game once you get used to it and you get lots of heart attacks between checking if you have cards you can chain and checking if the top two cards are the same.
Hope I explained it fine!
The version at Wikipedia sounds really strange but the way you described it is exactly what we played! I almost had a freaking heartattack when the first round was over! xD When you are really good you can even watch out for your opponents cards and plan your move to trap him in a "Stress".
Soi, if you like it more visual here are two cute fellas describing it on youtube! xD