A quiet moment at Cassino table may not mean what it appears, as there are likely arguments occurring about who was counting incorrectly. A good score calculator will take care of all that stuff for you, and let you spend your time strategizing, not doing math. While you might think capturing the most cards is … Read more

But most of all, people gets riled up when they forget which player won the right to close out the talon first. And while the dealing creates chaos, it resolves in seconds. That’s not how Schnapsen works. It’s fast-paced. You’ve got to know how to clear up the mess in seconds. Before you know it, … Read more

But there’s some complex math behind those social smiles, hidden in the quietness of card table. And that’s because Oh Hell is a game about brutally precise mathematics disguised as a social experience. Each deal is a competition of wits rather than blind chance, as one hand plays against another and players try to read … Read more

It’s hard math. When you sit down to play Klaberjass it doesn’t take long before it gets confusing. Two players competes against each other with a total of thirty-two cards. One hand might have seven high value cards, but those are worth nothing unless they’re played into winning tricks. The following hand could be twelve … Read more

“Piquet is an arithmetic and memory test under fire. A two player duel where every point count toward a traditional target of one hundred. Counting pips in your hand while trying to remember what just happened, which was the last trick? Mistakes is made quickly. “The maths are done by the calculator. Plug in result … Read more

Scopa is all about margin, about a single coin that makes all the difference between winning and losing, and a forgotten coin means nothing unless you remember it when counting up the money. And now the deck is empty and everyone’s at the table, but no one wants to be the one to add it … Read more

In a heated match of Briscola, it’s not uncommon to start forgetting how many cards you have as you frantically try to get rid of them. To avoid an argument that lasts for next twenty minutes (you’ll be splitting hairs), you need a concrete system of scorekeeping. That way arguments can be resolved quickly. The … Read more