How many card games to you know?

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June 10th, 2002, 10:58 AM
RIOT

How many card games to you know?

I was just thinking about all the card games I know how to play with one or more regular decks of cards. I know how to play:

Canasta
Rummy
Progressive rummy
Poker
Blackjack
99
Kings-in-a-corner
The bum game
Speed
War
Go Fish
Old Maid
Solitare
Double Solitare
Eqytian Ratscrew
Hearts and
Spades.

At one time or another I could play:

Hand-and-foot
Gin Rummy and
Crazy 8's.

Using specialty decks, I can play:

Uno
BombO
SkipBo (made by the same company) and
Phase 10.

Imagine what I would know if I didn't remember all those rules!!
June 10th, 2002, 11:33 AM
Matridom

I know a lot of card games, but my game of choice is euchre
June 10th, 2002, 11:37 AM
Platypus

Proper card games, the only ones I know to add to your list are 500 and Cribbage. Of yours I only know Solitaire & Blackjack.

Kid's games, add Beggar-my-Neighbour (Strip Jack Naked), Cheat.

Eqytian Ratscrew??? :D

Oh, OK it's just Beggar-my-Neighbour...with some complications.
June 10th, 2002, 11:40 AM
Wayward Clam

My card game is Magic the Gathering--I claim to be potentially the best player in my city. (Other locals would dispute this--to them I say BRING IT ON!!! :D :D :D )

I play a mean poker, cribbage, or Canasta game as well... learning Bridge but it is a pain in the tuckus.

Rummoli for nickels is fun. :D :D :D
June 10th, 2002, 12:06 PM
RIOT

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Wayward Clam:
My card game is Magic the Gathering--I claim to be potentially the best player in my city. (Other locals would dispute this--to them I say BRING IT ON!!! :D :D :D )
<hr /></blockquote>I forgot about Magic. I played that and Shadowrun for a little while, too.
June 10th, 2002, 12:07 PM
kingtbone

Are there any 45's players around? Now there's an addictive game. Also known as Auction 45's, Auction 120's I think.
June 10th, 2002, 12:11 PM
RIOT

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by PIatypus:
[QB]Eqytian Ratscrew??? :D
[QB]<hr /></blockquote>Also known as Cat-and-Mouse.
June 10th, 2002, 12:19 PM
Matridom

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Wayward Clam:
My card game is Magic the Gathering--I claim to be potentially the best player in my city. (Other locals would dispute this--to them I say BRING IT ON!!! :D :D :D )

I play a mean poker, cribbage, or Canasta game as well... learning Bridge but it is a pain in the tuckus.

Rummoli for nickels is fun. :D :D :D <hr /></blockquote>Clammy, I used to play magic.. I played back in the revised time. i had original raries like Dopplegangers(4), timetwisters, time elemtals among others.. All blue (this was BEFORE 4th edition). I revolved around the stasis deck death theme. I've seen giving up but have the computer version of the game that i play from time to time.
June 10th, 2002, 12:21 PM
Wayward Clam

You don't still have any cards, do you? Even crappy ones? I sold my collection, but am trying to get back into the game, and even the old commons are sometimes hard to find...
June 10th, 2002, 12:32 PM
RIOT

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Wayward Clam:
You don't still have any cards, do you? Even crappy ones? I sold my collection, but am trying to get back into the game, and even the old commons are sometimes hard to find...<hr /></blockquote>Not that I had any good ones, but I think my old (if you call '97/'98 old) cards are still at my parents house. I don't remember what I had though.
June 10th, 2002, 12:41 PM
Wayward Clam

PM sent.
June 10th, 2002, 01:24 PM
Matridom

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Wayward Clam:
You don't still have any cards, do you? Even crappy ones? I sold my collection, but am trying to get back into the game, and even the old commons are sometimes hard to find...<hr /></blockquote>Sorry Clammy, sold it a while ago.
June 10th, 2002, 04:23 PM
Mayet

many many many

when I was little my dad was a tour coach owner, so I got to travel around Australia regulary with him, I used to collect a deck of cards in each place we stayed. He would learn all the new games and come home and teach me.
When I was around 11, he used to take me on Skiing weekends all through winter and the coach operators had their own Bar and lounge where they had card tournaments. I was pretty much on show most of the time as dad would only have me as his Euchre Partner. They all thought it was pretty trick that this little kid could play cards and beat the best of them. Dad and I had played games together so long that we knew each others game... We used to win a fair bit.....I loved card games then...Now I play them all on my computer.
June 10th, 2002, 04:25 PM
Fierce

I remember playing Eqyptian Rat Screw in highschool...can someone refresh my memory?
June 10th, 2002, 08:58 PM
Lt. Cmdr. DaTaMan

Can't believe none of you have mentioned booray(sp?). It's kinda like war, but betting occurs in between throws. I've heard of houses and cars being lost on one turn of the card, as this is a popular plane/bus game among pro athletes
June 11th, 2002, 07:49 AM
RIOT

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Fierce:
I remember playing Eqyptian Rat Screw in highschool...can someone refresh my memory?<hr /></blockquote>You deal the cards to everyone playing. First person flips over a card. If it is a Jack, Queen, King, or Ace, then the next person has one, two, three, or four chances, respectively, to flip over another Jack, Queen, King, or Ace. If he/she flips over a royal card, then the person after him/her has one, two, three, or four chances, depending on what the previous player threw, to flip over a royal. When someone doesn't flip over a royal, the person that threw the last royal gets all the cards. Any other card just causes play to go to the next person. The main excitement comes when two of the same cards are thrown one right after another, like two 7's or two Jacks. When that happens, whoever grabbs the cards first gets them. Its a good idea to play this with an old deck of cards since they could possible get ripped or folded when people are trying to grab at them after identical cards are played, especially when they are identical royal cards. Also, another good idea is not to play this with anyone that has long fingernails, a cast, class rings turned around, or anything else that might be painfull when you reach for identical cards. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />

Hope this give some idea of how the game works.

I forgot to mention Spoons in my first post.
June 11th, 2002, 12:01 PM
Shard92

some games to add...

Standard deck

Around the clock ( solitaire variant luck no skill
Freecell ( computer game but can play w/cards)
Montana Red dog ( betting game )
Slap Jack

Special deck

Galactic Empires ( ithink i still have a deck)

Haey Clam what are you looking for? I might still have some magic cards laying around too.