@pooflady When I was in high school, my parents played that a lot with their friends. Sometimes I’d get asked to sit in to spell a player. I thought it was a lot of fun and they said I played well.
I probably have not played it since then, and don’t recall the rules. Main thing I remember was holding LOTS of cards at one time.
@kjady At school we’d play bullshit with the added rule that hiding your cards was a permissible way to get rid of them if you could do it without the other players noticing. Several times more fun.
@brennyn@kjady We did that “I Doubt It”. You have multiple decks of cards and a lot of players and you’s try to sneak extra cards into the pile you pass on to someone else. If they think you are passing on extra they can call you on it. If you did then you have to take them all back, and if I recall take the same number from whomever you tried to cheat on. Goal is to get rid of all your cards. I forget all the rules as I haven’t played it in years. Some of my extended family were better liars than others.
Bust-Out… you know, the one where you spend years building up good credit history, get lots of high-limit credit cards, and then max them all out and leave the country. Loads of fun!
My “bubble” people and I played this through lockdowns and have continued on. We just said last week that it got us through that time period, allowing us to talk, laugh until we cried, and made life seem normal.
Solitaire
@heartny for all the lonely people
@heartny Came here to say this
@hchavers Other card games are too peopley
@heartny 40 thieves variety
@hchavers @heartny Where do they all come from?
@ABayBehm @hchavers @heartny Baghdad
Spades!! I love playing spades.
Euchre. Every time.
Euchre. Any Midwest transplants in the Skagit area want to play?
@shampshire I’m a misplaced Michigander currently living in Fort Worth, TX.
Canasta
@pooflady When I was in high school, my parents played that a lot with their friends. Sometimes I’d get asked to sit in to spell a player. I thought it was a lot of fun and they said I played well.
I probably have not played it since then, and don’t recall the rules. Main thing I remember was holding LOTS of cards at one time.
War or Bullshit.
@kjady At school we’d play bullshit with the added rule that hiding your cards was a permissible way to get rid of them if you could do it without the other players noticing. Several times more fun.
@brennyn @kjady We did that “I Doubt It”. You have multiple decks of cards and a lot of players and you’s try to sneak extra cards into the pile you pass on to someone else. If they think you are passing on extra they can call you on it. If you did then you have to take them all back, and if I recall take the same number from whomever you tried to cheat on. Goal is to get rid of all your cards. I forget all the rules as I haven’t played it in years. Some of my extended family were better liars than others.
Cribbage
CAH. For us, it’s a family game.
Bust-Out… you know, the one where you spend years building up good credit history, get lots of high-limit credit cards, and then max them all out and leave the country. Loads of fun!
Magic!
Cowboy…Spades
Go Fish
Solitaire.
Spades. Closely followed by Tichu.
Uno or Sequence
Being lacking in fellow players, Solitaire.
Euchre
One more for Euchre
Hand and Foot.
@kostia Yes! to Hand & Foot.
My “bubble” people and I played this through lockdowns and have continued on. We just said last week that it got us through that time period, allowing us to talk, laugh until we cried, and made life seem normal.
It really helped our mental health.
@kostia @transplant I had to look that game up. I’m going to check it out!
52 pick-up
Spades
Uno. For the minimal investment, and the nostalgia.
1000 Blank White Cards.
Bourre/Booray
Old Maid
Euchre or Shanghai
Cribbage
Spite and Malice.
Strip poker
One more for Cribbage
egyptian ratscrew?
Spades is the only answer.
It’s the ideal game for interesting partner strategy borne of rules that are not overly complicated, and a perfect balance of skill vs luck.
Smear!
Casino
99!!
Big 2.
Tourney whist!
Canasta
Euchre all the way
Bid Whist
Rummy or Gin rummy.
Crazy 8’s was a fun one from childhood.