to think that nobody can play cards these days?

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I'm talking about Jacks and aces etc. in case some of you don't know!

When I was a kid, usually my Grannies would play cards with us kids, but sometimes we'd play it as a family and some of my happiest memories are of playing cards.

I know of no-one now who plays really - particularly in England anyway.

Did any of you play cards?

The game we loved was a game called 25 - it's tactical as well as down to luck a bit. We'd often go to visit my aunt and uncle for a night of playing cards and we'd be allowed to play - but EATEN ALIVE for not playing for the table.

I'm also a pretty mean poker player.

We had some lovely card games over Christmas. We play Pontoon mainly, but I can also play Rummy and a few others.

All my family, my kids and ALL the children we know play various card games, including the classics. As do their families.
They also play chess, draughts, ludo, Sorry, Monopoly, Connect 4, Snakes and Ladders, BAckgammon.
Just because there are phones/ more computers in the world doesn't mean people don't still play games and learn how to play the piano/keyboard/guitar etc rather than Garageband or MAriokart...

guy at work the other day asked if my primary aged kids still learned to read and write in school?! And did they still handwrite things on paper. He seemed stunned when I told him it's all print books and pencil and paper and paints and glue etc. just like when we were kids.
Tho they are learning some basic coding =using little beebots and PCs.
People have funny ideas sometimes!

I loved cards. We grew up playing them. 80s/90s. Must crack them out again next Christmas. Whist/rummy/black jack were the faves. Also played them loads at school.

Omg shithead! I was the shithead champion among my friends. The prize was they all bought me a drink each. Nine of them. Urgh.

My Gran used to play cards with my cousins and I when we went to stay. She had a big jar of pennies that we used to "bet". I can't remember any of the games now, but I wish I could, to teach my DDs.
We used to play Shithead a lot in the Sixth Form common room at school, in the early 2000s. I can't imagine that happening much in schools now.

I recognise a lot of the games mentioned on here as we used to play them all as kids.

Unfortunately, my DH doesn't like cards and over the 30-odd years of our marriage I've slowly forgotten them all. I can only remember Rummy.

I'd love to have a refresher course of all the others. Weirdly, I've completely forgotten how to play Backgammon too, yet I used to be really good!

I don't know how to play any card games at all

@nocluewhattodoo Well you've an apt username then lol.

We play cards on holiday. DS is well versed in the classics like Chase The Ace, Crazy Eights etc

@fivefarthings I love Newmarket! Never met any one else who plays it. Great memories of playing with my grandparents and cousins 40+years ago.

We play cards when we go to our caravan. My mum plays cards with ds's: gin rummy, twist, poker.

I think you'd be surprised how many people play cards.

we play cards, usuallu at Christmas or on holiday.
We tend to play whist based games, the names of which have all escaped me as I write.
hmm, Estimation? One with a black queen?
We used to play Newmarket when I was a kid, but none of us can remember how to play it now.

dd went on a long trip with scouts and their no. 1 item for their carry on luggage was a pack of cards. So over Christmas she taught us all a very simple game called spoons. We actually used to play it when I was a kid, and called it spoons.
It was great, no actual skill required and loads cna play, we had about 10 of us round a table, loads of laughter, and ages from 7 to 78, including teens. Really great game for a funny hour or so.

I recognise a lot of the games mentioned on here as we used to play them all as kids.

There's also a lovely folk local history with the names of various games and different parts of Britain, and the world. "Strip Jack Naked"/"Beat Your Neighbour" for example.

My family have always played cards, especially rummie and sometimes solo whist. My mum is a total demon at rummie.

My in-laws love cards too, mostly we play Newmarket.

oh and rummy, love a good round of rummy.
And as a teen - cheat. Usually played with 2 packs, too many people and games lasted for days.

we play loads of board games too.

fivefarthings and SheilaHammond - felloe newmarket players!

I need ot find out how to play and play it again with my mum and dad.

They have a tin of tiny cowrie shells which we use to bet with. It was my Granny's and she brought it back from somewhere she visited where the shells were used as currency.

Remember playing Cheat at school. My parents tried to teach us Bridge but failed

I'd forgotten all about Strip Jack Naked! That used to be a favourite! Need to find out the rules to that again.

My sister and I used to play Speed all the time. We hated each other but loved that game. We'd get in trouble because we'd play it so fast that we'd end up bending all the cards! I might teach dc2!

In the part of Germany I live in now the card game Scharfkopf is insanely popular and there are constant public tournaments in every single farming village. There are always posters for Scharfkopf tournaments up. They're held monthly in our village despite it not even bring big enough to have a shop or primary school. There's a weird local-for-locals pub with top secret irregular opening hours which only publicises opening for Scharfkopf tournaments and the shooting club and the volunteer fire brigade.

Children here play strategy games with trading cards but not traditional card games. My 12 year old plays Yogioh every single break at school as do at least 50 other children (mainly boys) - the smaller of the two school foyers is totally given over to Yogioh card games.

We play snap or rummy with ordinary playing cards on train journeys and I keep a pack in my bag for emergencies. I also use them at work.

My parents and grandparents never played cards, I learned rummy from a babysitter.

I play cards regularly with my adult children like I did when they were small. We play Blackjack and Rummy usually. I like to play Crib which my df taught me as a child.

My DD has played card games like jacks, 2s and aces since she was about 4. It always attracted admiration from on-lookers - "look at that little girl playing cards".

At age 12 we still play with her in a pub or on holiday.

We used to play Newmarket as little kids with the mums whilst the dads older kids and my grandparents played nap. My gran ended up with awful dementia but played cards until nearly the end. We used to have huge family Christmas parties around 24 of us. Each family hosted so 4 parties each Christmas
It was amazing.
As it was the 60 and 70's the mums/ dads split was entirely normal!'
Things have changed a bit. My mum 83 now regularly beats my dad who's 85!
We play, as most of you seem to, Christmas and holidays and it's a brilliant multi generation gathering.

If you google new market card game rules the guardian has a good explanation.

Bridge is one that is usually played by older wealthy women in clubs in Ireland.

Lol, I learned bridge from some friends in the early 70s. They were massive stoners, and the person whose hand was the dummy hand had to roll a joint, so we'd smoke a joint during every game. And we wouldn't start until we'd spent the evening in the pub, and we'd frequently stay up all night playing.

Understandably, I never progressed beyond the basics of bidding but I was quite at playing. Despite the vast intake of weed, I could nearly always remember what cards had been played and who's played them.

We play different games according to whether we are playing cards with my family or DH's. With mine we play cribbage, rummy or matrimony. With DH's we play Newmarket, Pig, Chase the Ace or Hunt the Cunt (depending on whether the ace or queen is removed).