anyone know of some good 2-player card games? im looking for games with some strategy, not luck or speed-based ones like go fish or spit, respectively. theyre fun too, but not exactly what im after. ;-)
thanks,
dave :-)
ps. and if anyone knows a good website with a list of card games (with rules), thatd be awesome. :-)
thanks,
dave :-)
ps. and if anyone knows a good website with a list of card games (with rules), thatd be awesome. :-)
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Re: 2-player card games?
Wed, March 10, 2004 - 6:15 PMMy favorite games that can be played with as few as 2 are Setback (a.k.a. Pitch) and Rummy 500. Blackjack and Poker are two more to consider.
Also, you must have missed this when I posted it in another thread - www.pagat.com/ -
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Thu, March 11, 2004 - 9:51 AMinteresting, i didnt know pitch could be two player. ill have to try that out. :-)
(speaking of pitch, that is THE only game i know of where anyone can trump at any time, even if they could follow suit. weirdness.)
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Thu, March 11, 2004 - 9:34 PMSetback is great. If you're playing two player and you get a bit bored, try playing the draw variation. In Draw Setback, the rules are the same as regular Setback until after the bidding is concluded. The winning bidder then declares what suit is trump. Both players discard all cards that are _not_ trump and then draw new cards until they have six cards again. The game then resumes normal play, except for one more twist. On the first turn, the winning bidder does _not_ have to lead off with a trump card.
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Sun, March 14, 2004 - 3:43 PMHow about cribbage? In the beginning it might seem to be a bit luck-based, but as you progress, it requires and allows for a lot of strategy. -
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Mon, March 15, 2004 - 6:56 AMyeah, i saw an earlier thread about cribbage. never played, but im always up for a new game. :-) ill check that website for rules and see if my peoples want to give it a go. ;-) -
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Tue, March 16, 2004 - 12:51 PMOh wait, no speed-based ones... never mind me.
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Sun, April 4, 2004 - 12:46 PMCanasta is a good with 2 or 4 players. yahoo has it on-line. -
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Sun, April 4, 2004 - 1:08 PMnever played canasta either. thanks! :-) -
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Fri, April 16, 2004 - 1:02 AMI personally adore 2 player pinochle
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Sun, February 27, 2005 - 7:25 PMGin rummy and cribbage are both great games that require skill to play well.
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Sun, March 13, 2005 - 6:57 PMmy sister kicks my ass every time we play gin rummy. honestly, it's about 19 out of 20 games, she'll take me to school. :-P -
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Mon, March 14, 2005 - 12:28 PM
One of the things I like about Gin Rummy is that it has a read-your-opponent aspect to it, like Poker. It makes a great gambling game because of that.
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Tue, March 15, 2005 - 7:58 PMI just saw the scene at the first of Goldfinger where Goldfinger's cheating at Gin by having a sexy blonde spy with binoculars from a hotel room and radio what his oppnent holds in his hand. They were playing for thousands of bucks.
I like the scoring variation of Oklahoma Gin (ten cards to each player, next card face up determines maximum points player can go down with and if up card is spade, points are doubled.)
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Mon, March 21, 2005 - 8:38 AMI play a two-handed Euchre. From what I've seen in rule books, there are a few variations of it. The one I know has 4 [cards] down, 4 up and 5 in the hand. Basically the 8 cards on the table take on the role of what a 'partner' does in four-handed Euchre, providing opportunities for strategy.
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Very good site with card games rules
Fri, July 15, 2005 - 1:07 PMHere is a very good site with lots and lots of card games and rules, including "new" card games contributed by different people.
www.pagat.com/
