Apart from my obvious passion for card games in general, I also collect decks of cards, some of which I have showcased in videos posted to this blog. Yet I've realized that I have so far never really had any decks that somehow capture the spirit of the festive season. I have as yet no Christmas-themed decks. A while ago a friend of mine showed me a vintage deck of cards that had been published by Coca Cola, featuring what has now become the globally accepted stereotypical Father Christmas character donning a red costume trimmed with white...
Monday, 17 December 2012
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Technorati Tags: Mayan Calendar,Probability,Christmas,gambling To all you people out there that occasionally drop by to see what I’m up to, well I’d like to wish you a Happy Christmas / Holiday season. Goodness only knows how much I really need the break this year. It’s been a rollercoaster-kind-of-year with never a dull moment, and for once dull really looks attractive. I am the first to advocate the belief that the only constant in life...
Sunday, 25 November 2012
A while back I asked a friend of mine to come up with a simple poker timer I could use for home tournaments. the result was this Google app which does precisely what you would expect from it. you can pre-arrange up to 10 levels of blinds and even include coffee breaks at pre-determined intervals. This is by far not one of the most complicated out there, nor does it make concessions for buy-ins since this was envisage more for free-roll...
Saturday, 17 November 2012
I have always had this thing about games of imperfect information; games were chance plays a significant role but is not the sole arbiter of who eventually wins the gaming contention. Backgammon is one such game. My fascination with backgammon began when I was a young boy snooping around a now out-of-business games shop that stood along the Sliema promenade. Back then I think it must have been the curious pattern of triangular designs, spread out evenly on either end of the cardboard playing surface, or perhaps that mysterious dice that...
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
…and it’s finally here, my latest video blog features fantasy and especially gothic playing cards from the likes of Bicycle and Fournier. Most Definitely some of the most impressive and jaw dropping artwork out there! Judge for yourselves! img alt="" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('fe3fc657-facf-46bf-9ce9-93beb76b8a06'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "";" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0OhBVYUkmd0/UJGGJz7QSrI/AAAAAAAAF9A/dIV77JrDOY8/video270b6abc3a7f%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800"...
Monday, 16 July 2012
Technorati Tags: Variance,chanceCard games, as do most games played with imperfect information, carry a certain charm or appeal among those who play them. It’s almost as through the roll of the dice or the turn of a card we want to believe that we can somehow control the unknown and the uncontrollable.In truth I figure that most games grow out from the chaotic seed of variance or chance, and therein lies the reason for our need to play them. For some games this element of apparent unpredictability is extremely evident, while for others you must...
Monday, 9 July 2012
Technorati Tags: Bourre,trick-taking,gambling Bet you never been told that before! Well neither have I to tell you the truth, but in my quest to fetch some of the more unique card games in existence, I came across this trick-taking, gambling game which goes by the name of Bourré. From what I have read this game is of French origin (based on an even older Spanish game called Burro or Donkey) made popular among the Cajun communities of the southern United States. Interesting however, according to some newsfeeds, this game has grown to be quite popular...
Thursday, 21 June 2012
Considering that my last blog entry was the 8 of May, I thought it would be good to touch base with all that is my blog and maybe share some of the things that happened to me since my last posting. Yet dear readers for once I won’t be moping over stuff, for once I want to be positive about things. Yours truly is still in-between homes so to speak, still residing at a temporary residence, but now I am also the owner of a new home after a gruelling 8 months plus of negotiations, heartbreak and endless hours of frustration. Obviously there will be...
Sunday, 6 May 2012
Spades comes from a family of games known as trick-taking games with similarities to the game of Bridge. However Spades lacks the complexity of scoring one finds in both standard Bridge as well as Contract Bridge. Spades can however serve as an excellent introduction to Bridge while being a great game in itself. Spades can be played with two or more players though it really comes into its own when played with four players in pairs called partnerships. Partners sit opposite each other at the table. A standard deck of cards (no jokers) is...
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