Spades: The card game that's better than all the card games you play

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Blue Train: Jun 17, 2012

FaradayCage posted:

Yahoo Games was like the one thing Yahoo still had going for them and they canned it.

I'm pretty sure the name is worth more than the company at this point. Just rebrand some dollar store dog food and call it a day.

The company got purchased by Verizon and is going to be turned into a holding company for Alibaba, the Yahoo name is not continuing afaik

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Clockwerk: Apr 6, 2005

I can attest to spades being really fun. It can also be played with six people, still with teams of two, and is even better in that configuration

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raton: Jul 28, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

Haier posted:

I was always confused why American newspapers had a Bridge column every day, just listing the movies X player made. Like... is that exciting to people? What?

It's the best card game there is apart from poker, so it's fine.

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Blue Train: Jun 17, 2012

The best card game is a TB test

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hakimashou: Jul 15, 2002; Upset Trowel

any goons want to become pro bridge players all you need to do is cheat apparently

# ? Mar 25, 2017 23:04

raton: Jul 28, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

Bridge is played so competitively by so many people because it is such an excellent game that the only fat value left competitively lies outside the rules.

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Blue Train: Jun 17, 2012

I've never met someone who played bridge, or at least that shared that information. I just assumed it was some geriatric poo poo

# ? Mar 25, 2017 23:54

Blue Train: Jun 17, 2012

Apparently it is just white people spades tho???????

# ? Mar 25, 2017 23:54

raton: Jul 28, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

Blue Train posted:

I've never met someone who played bridge, or at least that shared that information. I just assumed it was some geriatric poo poo

Geriatrics but also like the kind of dorks who play chess but are more confrontational. Also obsessive optimizers. It's an odd mix.

# ? Mar 25, 2017 23:56

hakimashou: Jul 15, 2002; Upset Trowel

backgammon is actually the best game but you have to play it for money to get the most out of it

# ? Mar 25, 2017 23:57

raton: Jul 28, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

Blue Train posted:

Apparently it is just white people spades tho???????

Bridge is harder to learn but the payoff is a greatly increased depth in the game, especially in the bidding part. There are a bunch of Bridge-like games of which Spades is a very good one but Bridge is the best arrangement / refinement of the idea.

# ? Mar 26, 2017 00:01

Hardawn: Mar 15, 2004; Don't look at the sun, but rather what it illuminates; College Slice

see no one to play rook with :cry:

# ? Mar 26, 2017 00:01

raton: Jul 28, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

hakimashou posted:

backgammon is actually the best game but you have to play it for money to get the most out of it

I beaver

# ? Mar 26, 2017 00:03

FatCow: Apr 22, 2002; I MAP THE FUCK OUT OF PEOPLE

Blue Train posted:

Apparently it is just white people spades tho???????

I didn't start playing spades till I went to college. The brothers taught it to me. I'm forever grateful.

# ? Mar 26, 2017 01:24

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hakimashou posted:

backgammon is actually the best game but you have to play it for money to get the most out of it

Yes

# ? Mar 26, 2017 01:36

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