Do You Like to Play Card Games?

That is very true. How old are your children? My daughter is 20 and my son is 14. Stuart doesn't care much for card games, he takes after my husband, Ha! Ha! But Amanda and I really enjoy them.

Yes it is. My daughter and I usually win about the same number of games and really have a lot of fun.

Uh oh! I bet that did get to be a problem! Amanda and I don't play Phase 10 as much as Uno but we enjoy both games. To me, though, Phase 10 is a little bit harder because just when you think you have the phase something happens to throw a monkey wrench in.:)

I usually try playing Phase 10 with my Dad when I visit with my parents. Which to come to think about it, we haven't done lately. He has empysema, and hasn't been up to playing lately. But at any rate, he throws out the skip cards and we don't play with them. I win more times than not. I enjoy playing euchre too, but haven't played it in a while. And I have played Uno recently on the CSU (Crisis Stabilization Unit) where kids stay 7-10 days to keep them from being admitted to the hospital. (This is my PRN job that I do.

To play cribbage you have a pack of cards and a cribbage board, which is a wooden board with two rows of double holes in which you move your pegs depending on your score. You get dealt 5 cards each and two are dealt in the middle. You each have to throw one out and put in the pile of two cards dealt in the middle. The card deck is cut and a card turned up on top, this card is can now be used to add to both your hands. You get 2 points for each time your hand can make 15, 2 point for a pair, for a run ie 6,7,8 would equal 3 points or 5,6,7,8 you would get four points. So if you had this as your hand the score would be the following- 7 hearts, 8 clubs, 5 hearts, queen hearts, and the card turned up in the middle is a 3 clubs. You would get 2 points for the 8 and 7 ( makes 15) two points for the 3 and 7 and 5 ( makes 15) two points for the 5 and queen ( makes 15 ) So you would move your peg six holes. I forgot before this you each put down a card in turn and you earn points if they put down a card and you put down one and it adds up to 15 or it is a pair and vice a versa. the cards that are in the middle ( the teo dealt there and one each of your cards) is called the crib and this is an extra hand that whoever deals gets to have has a hand after their own to score agian with. I don't know if I described it very well it isn't as complicated as I make it sound. There is another version that uses six cards I found a link that will describe it better. http://www.pagat.com/adders/crib6.html

That sounds like fun. I'll check out that link too and get some information about it. We are going on vacation in June so Amanda and I will have some extra time to play. :)

I sure wish my husband enjoyed playing cards but he doesn't. So if I play any it is with my daughter. My son doesn't seem to care for them much either although sometimes he will watch Amanda and me. How do you play cribbage? I have heard of that game but never played it before.

I enjoy solitaire also. I am a member of pogo.com and I love the different solitaire games that they have online on that website.:)

That sounds like a good strategy, Ha! Ha! That is a game I need to learn how to play with my daughter. :)

That is a game I've heard of but never played. Exactly how do you play bridge? :)

I like Rummy and Black Jack but I've never heard of the other two. How are they played? :)

Amanda and I like Skipbo too but it has been a while since we have played it. I've never heard of uno attack. How is that one played? :)

That is great that you can be competetive and still have fun, Ha! Ha! That is another game I have never played. :)

I think those are mine and Amanda's two favorite games.