Card Games

[Målingen]

Hello Everyone, Målingen Here.

I often play card games in my free time in high school, and it's become pretty popular especially during study hall among other things. For those here in school, do you too play card games? It's pretty underrated and fun. I've been trying to learn how to play Texas Hold'em recently. For those not in school/not wishing to share their status, what kind of card games have you played/have you played any?

I'm planning on getting a chip set at some point with my cards so I can play during clubs but I'm interested in what any of you have to say!

[ThunderPerfectWitchcraft]

I've played a fair share of Poker (indeed also Texas Hold'em), and when I was young, we played a extended version of a game called "Asshole" that was pretty popular back then. I'm still a big fan of Rummy, and I love inviting people for sets of Riichi Mahjong - this is played with bricks, but the logic behind is very similar to card games.

I highly recommend to use peanuts instead of Poker Chips! 

[Målingen]

I've played a fair share of Poker (indeed also Texas Hold'em), and when I was young, we played a extended version of a game called "Asshole" that was pretty popular back then. I'm still a big fan of Rummy, and I love inviting people for sets of Riichi Mahjong - this is played with bricks, but the logic behind is very similar to card games.

I highly recommend to use peanuts instead of Poker Chips! 

Is "asshole" the card game where you have to sequentially match cards and you have to catch whoever lies (e.g. ace, two, three; if someone puts down a five when its a three, they're lying. someone could call them out if they realize so) similar to how uno works? We call it "bullshit" if it's that game, though its most popular thanks to that new game called "Liar's Bar". Rummy looks interesting so I might try it out at some point.

[ThunderPerfectWitchcraft]

"Asshole" is a game were cards can be thrown away if they have a higher number than the cards previously thrown, regardless of the suit. It is possible to open a round with pairs, doublets, or even three/four cards - than a higher set of cards with the same number is required to beat them. The last one whose cards can't be topped (in German this is called a "stich", meaning stab - seemingly "trick" is the correct translation ) can open the next set, so it requires some tactic, as depleting the high cards to soon might let you sitting without good cards in the later games. Games are played very fast, and the game is played until only one player with cards is left - this player is then the "asshole" for the next game, and has to give his best cards to the player who finished it as the first one (with the second ranked receiving cards from the next-to-last, etc). As we played with sets were cards were left, the person(s) in the middle of the ranking were called "traders", and were able to pick some of the cards that weren't given out.

I don't know the liars game you describe, but we did something similar with dice, called "Mäxchen" - it was also a wildly extended variant, with direction-changes, life-stealing, and so on ;).

Rummy is really great!