A few months ago Mike and I bought a really, really cheap book on Family Games. It has the rules to many board games, different domino games, card games, "parlor games", etc. We had been getting tired of playing our bastardized game of Crazy Eights, and this seemed an easy and cheap solution. (Neither of us could remember all the rules and point values in Crazy Eights, so we made them up.)
Last night we tried playing a game called "Casino." Its skill level was set for adults and older children, so we figured that we could handle it. We read through the rules... a couple of times. Then tried to play. After one hand... we gave up. The next game in the book, Scopa, was essentially the same thing, but set for young children. We still had to read the directions a couple of times, but at least we were able to play this one!
I am hoping that the problem lies in the way the directions are written... if not, its rather sad that someone working on their Masters/PhD and someone with a Bachelors Degree cannot figure out a game designed for older children...
5 comments:
if it's an older child you need, have no fear, Dad can read the directions and explain it to all of us, he is after all just a little boy at heart.
Love Mom
Casino is really fun! We have played it lots of times, mostly pre-kids (rules from our Hoyle rule book). Keep at it, you'll get it! You're trying to remove cards from a grid by matching them or totalling a certain number, if I recall.
Maybe the "older children" designation really IS meant for old people who's brains have addled like your mom said. :)
Hmm, what's that old saying? "Those who can, DO, those who can't, TEACH".
Good luck with those!
I too have the book of rules for card games, I know how to play a lot of the games and the rules don't make sense. Keep at it and you will get it. Miss both of you more than I can say. Loads of love, Aunt sue
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