Generally, games of Three Thirteen reach their peak tension not at the moment that one player’s gone out, but rather when the round wild card switches from sevens to jacks. With face cards penalized heavily for not melding, this switch converts a pile of easily dealt with extra cards into series of possible disasters. Most … Read more

Have you ever played a card game and it take forever to figure out who owes what or who should of won last round? That’s how Michigan Rummy goes. Deal the cards, throw them down, and let the fight start over the board. There is a way, but without planning your game quickly turns into … Read more

Shanghai Rummy is a numbers game. Ten ever-rising deals adds up to a lot of pressure even without playing cards. Once the pile reaches Deal Seven, everyone looks down at their hands (as though each hand contains a live grenade) and the room go silent. What felt like an innocent misread of one set early-on … Read more

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