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[Mz iMac]

@haddon9   I didn't know Mahjong was also a group card game.  I've only played the tile version.

[KathyM23]

I loved to play Canasta years ago.  No one seems to play anymore.  I like to play pinochle and when I was still at home we played double pinochle.

I like playing card ganes where a hand takes some time like the above mentioned.  I play poker and eucher for instance but don't really like them - fast handed games.

In college cafeteria we played a lot of Hearts and I still like that one.

[haddon9]

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@Mz iMac wrote:

@haddon9   I didn't know Mahjong was also a group card game.  I've only played the tile version.

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@Mz iMac As far as I know it is just a tile group game.  I mentioned it because my friend who teaches both MahJong & canasta says that canasta is easier.  I tried to lean it many years ago and found it more difficult than MahJong...just my opinion though.

ETA: Bottom line though I'm not really a gamer.  I prefer arts & crafts.

[Wsmom]

My parents always played cards so I grew up playing cards, though never Bridge, and my daughter has card night with her friends and now her daughters are getting in on the cards in elementary school.  All different games through the generations but still cards.  Very fun and interactive vs. everybody just sitting on their phones playing games.

[VanSleepy]

My favorite is Euchre but that's only 4 people.  We play Spades if there are 5 or 6. Sometimes rummy or gin rummy. I can't even count the number of random other game-specific decks of cards I have.  That used to be a staple in the Christmas stockings. 

[Laura14]

I grew up with gin rummy and Tripoly. It was a law in our family. You play.

[Wsmom]

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@VanSleepy wrote:

My favorite is Euchre but that's only 4 people.  We play Spades if there are 5 or 6. Sometimes rummy or gin rummy. I can't even count the number of random other game-specific decks of cards I have.  That used to be a staple in the Christmas stockings. 

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One of my favortie vivid memories as a little girl with my grandmother is sitting at her little kitchen table by the window playing Fish and Old Maid.  

[Desertdi]

My first husband and I were playing bridge with his parents.   My husband was cheating, and his father socked him in the jaw and knocked him out.

Too violent for me, and I quit playing cards.

[homedecor1]

I've been playing with a group of ladies for years on Tuesday, Wednesday and Fridays.

We play canasta, international rummy and Rummy cube.  These ladies play bunko once a month and sometimes I'll be a substitute as they prefer to play with full teams.

I enjoy the ladies and we do dinner once in awhile so that's nice too🙂

We always invite others and these are easy games to learn.

I used to play maj jong for years but Covid stopped the ladies from playing & the group never started up again. (Not my fav game).

[Tinkrbl44]

The thread title reminded me of a childhood memory.  When I was a kid we'd drive to visit my grandparents in the Pocono Mtns.   

After the kids were settled in for the night, the adults used to love to play cards and talk about this and that. 

I know they played other things besides gin and poker, but those seemed to be the most fun.  My grandfather had a huge jar of pennies, and everyone got a portion and played "aggressively".   Hours of laughter and fun.  

At the end of the evening, no matter who won or lost, all the pennies went back into the jar for the next time. 

Everyone went to bed happy and tired from laughing so much.