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11-08-2011, 09:22 AM
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So I'm 22 and I've recently started to notice how few of my friends and peers play or even know about card games besides texas hold 'em.
I'm talking cribbage, gin rummy, pinochle, etc. Nobody even knows what I'm talking about when I ask them if they want to play. Cards were always a part of my family and that seems to be the case with the other people I play with (all 3 or 4 of them....)
So what's the deal.. do people just not play cards anymore? Am I just in the wrong crowd? How about everyone here?
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11-08-2011, 09:32 AM
|  | $100 off new Directv subsp.PM me BEFORE signing up | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: SiouxFalls by way of Pierre,SD | | | Wow, here's my progression on thoughts when seeing this post.
1. Cool, someone else thinks that.
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2. Wow, impressive for someone so young.
3. I play those exact games, and have done so for years with my uncles and parents.
4. I wonder if it's just them being from small town ND. (Reeder)
5. What!? He's from GF?
On the other hand, I think most kids would rather play videogames or do nothing at all. Cards take time to learn and are not "cool" to talk about to other people under 30. I'm 27 and we have a hard time finding people who will play. Try faster games to get them hooked: "pepper", "demon"(a form of fast fast solitare), poker, etc. |
11-08-2011, 09:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Millcreek Township, UT | | I played a lot of cribbage in college back in the 80s. Nobody seems to know how to play anymore. 
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11-08-2011, 09:33 AM
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I really don't much care for playing card games. I'm good for about four games of euchre, and then it gets to be really tedious. 2 out of 3 games of cribbage? Yeah, OK, but 4 out of 7? no freaking way!
I married into a game playing family however. So time with the inlaws means mind numbing hours of dominoes, all manner of card games (Some with cards that have extra suits. Stars???? Wut?) and board games galore. They seem to understand and accept my non gaminess, and I've been known to go take a nap on the couch after a rousing game of "Pedro"......
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11-08-2011, 09:35 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | I love and still play cribbage often. I also am a big fan of hearts and spades. |
11-08-2011, 09:47 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | I think it may be making a comeback in New England with frequent/multi-day power outages!
Back in the day my friends and I would spend hours playing War, Gin, Crazy Eights etc...great memories! Simpler times  |
11-08-2011, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by mattsk42 5. What!? He's from GF? | We just played the University of Sioux Falls in football this last saturday, if you pay attention to that sort of thing at all? (I'm in the marching band here, otherwise I really wouldn't care either if that's the case)
Anyways... I'm originally from a town slightly smaller than Grand Forks (Dickinson if you know where that is) and people definitely played more cards back home. We played cards all the time in high school.
I would agree. Probably has a lot to do with video games. Which game is little johnny going to pick, modern warfare or cribbage? Especially if little johnny's parents don't know any card games.
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11-08-2011, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by bassist11 Which game is little johnny going to pick, modern warfare or cribbage? Especially if little johnny's parents don't know any card games. | El DeBarge - Who's Johnny - YouTube
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11-08-2011, 11:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Edinburgh & Dundee, Scotland | | | Used to play card games (and chess, backgammon, checkers) in the pub when I was 16-23 with friends or the then girlfriend.
Was a fun way to pass the time.
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11-08-2011, 11:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Fort Wayne, IN | | | I have played a lot of card and dice games.
Now I'm always too busy.
Plus, I'm not doing time.
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11-08-2011, 11:47 AM
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11-08-2011, 11:58 AM
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Also, Reeder is just south of Dickinson, by Bowman. My parents both went to DSU for college back in the days when they were still called the wonderfully politically incorrect "Savages". |
11-08-2011, 01:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | | I play a lot of euchre at school in between classes and the occasional bit of president.
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11-08-2011, 02:04 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lake Charles, La. | | | I would play Spades or Hearts for hours with friends of mine.
Once, my brother and I went on a hunting/camping trip and it rained for three days. If we had not had a deck of cards and a cribbage board, I think that only one of us would have survived being stuck in a tent for three days.
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11-08-2011, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Phalex | You're quoting an El DeBarge song? For shame, where is your integrity man!
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11-08-2011, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by macaroni tony You're quoting an El DeBarge song? For shame, where is your integrity man! | First thing to pop into my head man! It's cheesy enough.....
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11-08-2011, 02:25 PM
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11-08-2011, 02:30 PM
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11-08-2011, 02:31 PM
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11-08-2011, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by macaroni tony Guess not....and I haven't been called by my name here in a while! Weird, maaaan.... | Sorry man,Alex called me Larry earlier,I guess it's catching.
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