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Got hooked on spades in county, graduated to pinochle, but disliked skill with lack of variety in gameplay though bidding according to spread is cool. Finally tackling bridge, which is fucking sweet, but logistics of scoring I'm still trying to get, but I'm only a day in.

Thoughts, pointers, seeking a partner?

Got hooked on spades in county, graduated to pinochle, but disliked skill with lack of variety in gameplay though bidding according to spread is cool. Finally tackling bridge, which is fucking sweet, but logistics of scoring I'm still trying to get, but I'm only a day in. Thoughts, pointers, seeking a partner?

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F'ing sick, I know next to nothing about canasta

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Canasta is one of the best games of all when you are playing with four skilled and serious players. Intense is the word. Hanging on every card played. Every card matters. You have to count them all and you play with two full decks including the jokers.

What I like most about it is you can be losing very badly and still come back and win in the end. The game can swing wildly. Nothing is certain.

Also, you can play for hours on end and maintain interest in the game easily for an entire night. It's a good game for long winters.

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Very nice. I like games of wild unpredictability, guess same can be said of spades/pinochle or bridge though I'm a newb. Or the 5,000 year old +(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Game_of_Ur) which I built a cardboard replica of. Played it the other day with my cousin

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That sounds like a lot of fun too.

And it has a gambling option:)

Very nice.