It’s quite interesting that as I grew, my exposure to trick-taking card games was at first quite limited. The general feeling I have from my early days is that my family and friends were more interested in Rummy-type (therefore strictly melding) games or card-capturing games like for instance Bella Donna (was tempted to include Scopa but this was a game I learned much later), a game I have mentioned on a number of occasion on this blog. In an attempt to ratify the situation, perhaps in the process fill in a lacuna in my card-gaming knowledge,...
Sunday, 27 November 2011
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
I just wanted to drop a few lines regarding my upcoming video review which will be focusing on 5 very particular decks that make part of my growing collection. The first deck hails from Indonesia, a diminutive deck with suits and ranks that follow the Chinese Money Cards tradition. Two other decks are renditions of modern Mahjong tile sets but in card form. I will then review the Piatnik Tarot Deck, which isn’t a divination deck but rather...
Sunday, 13 November 2011
I would like to think that Edmond Hoyle was a bit like me, a Cardoholic who loved his card games. Back then the card game of choice was Whist (a precursor of modern Bridge) but he did not just describe and enumerate all the rules pertaining to this game alone. He wrote about every game he put his hands on and for which he held some manner of interest. For instance he published rules and strategies pertaining to backgammon, chess and 3-card Brag the latter considered one of the precursors of modern poker. He however never wrote any materials...
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Sunday, 6 November 2011
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Bixkla is the Maltese name for a variant to the game of Briscola a trick-taking game for 2 to 4 players originally hailing from Italy. From a little research it turns out that this game is notably linked with countries bordering with the Mediterranean and it therefore comes as no surprise that countries such as Croatia, Spain, Portugal, and even Malta have their own variations.My interest in this game was piqued by an acquaintance who mentioned playing this game when he was younger with a family member who was apparently well versed in the associated...
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