OT: Double Solitaire?

When I was a kid, we used to play that with my mother. I have two sisters, and sometimes we would all play, making it basically quadruple solitaire -- putting the aces in the middle of the table, and then playing on each other's aces. The form of solitaire we used was called "Hail" because you had a stack of 13 cards face down, then four cards turned up, and the goal was to empty the face down stack and yell Hail.

And let me tell you, when the four of us played, it was really cutthroat! And fun.

-- Jere

Jere, we used to play that and we called it "Peanuts"! Thanks for the memory!

Kathie

solitaire --

I didn't realize there were so many variations. That doesn't sound like the one DH and I played. Linda

Jill and I "invented" a type of double solitaire. It only really works for games where all the cards are laid out face up on the table. The particular game we used was called "Big 13" - rules if you want them. Have one of you deal out the cards, and the other lays out an identical set. Play independently, and see who does the best. HTH.

-- Jim Cripwell. From Canada. Land of the Key Bird. This creature of doom flies over the frozen tundra in winter, shrieking its dreaded call; "Key, Key, Key, Key rist but it's cold!!"

A fun game we played as a family. We had to make a rule that you were only allowed to put cards in the middle with one hand. Also, when playing with four, there had to be some form of way of changing which way the cards in the middle faced, to keep it "fair". Thanks for the memory. Maybe one day my grandkids might play.

-- Jim Cripwell. From Canada. Land of the Key Bird. This creature of doom flies over the frozen tundra in winter, shrieking its dreaded call; "Key, Key, Key, Key rist but it's cold!!"

I play Spider - a double deck solitaire. Love it - it's hard and you win less often then single deck, but when you do, you know that the cards where with you and you had the brains to make it work!

Cheryl

*THAT'S IT*!!!!!!!! A friend and I in high school days used to play this. I was recently trying to remember the name of it and how to play it so I could teach my kids. So, are the instructions given on the earlier website the same as Nertz?

Thanks for reminding me!

Joan

A friend from Michigan tried to teach us that one summer! She also taught us another double deck game - Michigan rummy - over successive hands you needed certain things to lay down cards, dealt 6 cards you needed 3 of a kind, 7 cards was a run of 4. The last hand was a deal of 13 and you needed to have a complete meld of 14 to go out.

Wish I could find some one to play with and the "rules".

Cheryl

I grew up playing "Russian Bank" w/ my Mum & Granny. I just looked up the rules here:

It's agood game, and pretty easy to teach a kid, too. :^)Lucy Boyer Cross Stitch Unlimited / StitchStash.com Arlington, MA USA

I really appreciate the response to this thread. I still haven't found the "Double Solitaire" rules closest to what I was looking for. I've played so many fun card games in my life time I wish I could remember the rules to them all.

Also, DH & I used to play a game called "Back Alley" and would really like to have the rules to that one, too. In the book of "Hoyle" the rules that come closest is called "Oh Hell". Anyone hear of this one? Thanks again, Linda

"Oh Hell" is another family favorite. In fact I just got back from a weekend away playing that every night w/ DH, Bro, & SIL. Fast, fun, addicting, and more casual than bridge, which I hate.

I haven't played that in ages. DD is almost old enough to teach rummy. DH and DS aren't interested.

We also play Uno!

C

Lineka wrote: > In the book of "Hoyle" the

My cousin's grandma taught us that. We liked it, because it was the only time we were allowed to say "oh hell". As we got older, and more daring, we decided to play a variation called "ah F***". Betcha didn't know grandma could take two kids who each outweigh her by the scruff of the neck simultaneously to wash their mouthes out with soap. Needless to say, "Ah F***" was never played again.

Love, love, love Russian Bank, although I haven't played in eons.

Sara

If only 2 people are playing, you often get stuck. If both get stuck, we would put the top Nertz card on the bottom, the top card in your hand on the bottom, and proceed.

My friend and I got bored with that, se we each used a double deck, counted off 26 Nertz, and laid out 8 cards face up to play >

There's game out very similar called "Phase 10". I say game, it's a deck of cards (with some variances; colours instead of suits, wild cars instead of Aces and Stop cards instead of jokers), score cards and rules.

Alternate names are: King Rummy Zioncheck Progressive Rummy Shanghai Rummy May I? Contract Rummy Liverpool Rummy Hollywood Rummy Joker Rummy

You could check and see if nay list the rules you are looking for.

Tara

Hi!

I've been working my way through this list - Contract Rummy sounds the closest.

Cheryl