Tinlin

I was just about to say

ERS is the ****.

capitalism is alright. Less skill but quick and fun imo.

canasta

gin rummy, rummy

This imo.

awesome

Pitch.

Played mostly in New England.

how careful do you think he was walking in there to take the picture?

magic

Bridge is the be-all and end-all answer here. I also like whist.

OK after a quick google search, it seems like maybe nobody else plays this at all. OP if you want I'll write out the rules, they are pretty simple.

I know this as klag (have also heard it called at least 10 other names), but we use slightly different scoring: get it right is 1 point per trick + 1 point, get it wrong is -1 per undertrick or overtrick, and at the end everyone pays the winner.

great game and not at all difficult to understand for anyone who has played a trick-taking game before, since plzbealevel outlined pretty much all the rules in a couple of paragraphs.

bridge seems like a really bad recommendation since it is rare that you will have exactly four players.

Suck it Forsy.

Mostly flipping coins imo

Depends what your definition of be-all and end-all is. Doppelkopf requires more skill than Bridge imo
Granted I'm not really good at Bridge but I doubt anyone here is really good at Doppelkopf (except the Germans) so I guess it's hard to compare

euchre
bridge
spades
hearts

ordered for funness

bourre is the obvious answer. it has the added benefit that you'll be ready should you ever get into an NBA card game

wow, I havent played in forever, but now am itching to play.

Yes please man. Would be appreciated.

if you want to gamble with some skill but not much, crash. deal out the deck 4-handed, make best 4 (or less) brag hands you can (i.e. prial>flush run>run>flush), everyone shows, point for best each, first to 7. instant win if you win all 4 hands on a given deal.

chinese poker

I really like playing *******. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*******_%28card_game%29

Also apparantly POG has never heard of barbu? The nutsss card game evar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbu_%28card_game%29

http://www.barbu.co.uk/barbu.htm

crap the game is called A S S HOLE if you wanna look up its wiki page

TINLIN:

Rank of Suits:

Clubs, Spades, Hearts, Diamonds (this is v. important)

Rank of cards:

3-A face value, 2 Highest

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Tinlin is played by beating the current "hand" that's just been played when it's your turn. Valid plays are:

Single Card
Pair/3/4 of a kind
Straight (min 3 cards-ace always high, NO 2s ALLOWED)

The player who has the 3 of clubs (lowest card in the deck) goes first. They can play any legal hand that contains the 3 of clubs. Lets say they play the 3 by itself.

Now the hand to beat is 3 of clubs. So the next player can play any single card that beats the 3 of clubs. When no player can beat the current hand, the person who played that hand has control over the board and can play any legal hand.

Straights must be the exact same number of cards as the straight you're trying to beat. The last card must be higher than the last card of the hand you're beating. (IE, TJQ clubs is beat by TJQ diamonds. ONLY the queen matters in this case)

A player may double (or triple) on a single card, changing the hand to beat. For example, if in the above case you play the 3 of clubs, I can play a pair of 3s (NOT 4s!). Then the next person would need to play a pair that beats 3s.

The game ends when one person runs out of cards, and that player wins.

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If you have any questions feel free to ask. I think that's everything, but I'm not as smart as I once was It's a great game because it can be played with any number of players (with 3 or 5 you'll have extra cards, just ditch em). We typically play $1/hand, with the winner taking all in 2-4 players, and the 2nd place staying even with 5+. (Just keep playing as normal when the first player is out of cards)