OT: Euchre
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Played it once. Didn’t seem like there was any strategy or skill involved. Basically only about 1 play possible on each trick. I thought to myself that it was kind of a mindless game then realized that is probably why it is only popular in iowa.
it's a trick-taking card game commonly played in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain, and the United States. It is played with a deck of 24, 28, or 32 standard playing cards. Mick Dundee is rumored to have played it.
Yeah, I like it a lot. Played many a rum-soaked Euchre games in the dorms.
My family plays a game called 500 that is similar to euchre. We play with a 45 card deck (no 2s or 3s and one joker). The rank of cards is the same. But there are 10 card hands with 5 in the blind. The scoring and bidding are also different. But it’s similar. We like it better than euchre. There’s more strategy in the bidding and playing.
Played it a lot when I was younger because wanted to learn a new card game. As others have stated pitch is the go to. 10 or 13 usually. Love call partner
Love 500. Have been playing it for 5 decades.
Played it quite a bit when I worked in juvenile detention. Played alot of card games in general, really. Euchre in particular is pretty popular in this area, there are tournaments with cash prizes and stuff like that.
Sheepshead,500,cribbage,Canasta,Hearts,Spades,Euchre,variations of pitch, 7 up 7 down, 13, etc etc. Lots of card playing in my family.
I have played tons of Euchre. My family is from NE Indiana, where it is big. So that is the game of choice whenever our family in Omaha or extended family from IN gets together. We'll get several tables going at once with partners. Very social game. Also play some 3 handed Euchre if we can't do partners.
Pitch and Euchre are both trump-based, both played trick by trick.
What sucks about pitch is that once trump is determined, about 70% of the cards are utterly worthless. The bid becomes super important to control the trump. Some people are crazy aggressive bidders, which results in your best draw of the night being discarded because somebody was feeling Yolo.
Euchere has the benefit that every card can potentially matter. You can win without trump. It’s simpler, a little less strategy, a little more luck about which card or two is played first. Bidding isnt a huge deal.
I prefer pitch because my family plays it. Euchre is easier to play a few hands quickly.
What sucks about pitch is that once trump is determined, about 70% of the cards are utterly worthless. The bid becomes super important to control the trump. Some people are crazy aggressive bidders, which results in your best draw of the night being discarded because somebody was feeling Yolo.
Euchere has the benefit that every card can potentially matter. You can win without trump. It’s simpler, a little less strategy, a little more luck about which card or two is played first. Bidding isnt a huge deal.
I prefer pitch because my family plays it. Euchre is easier to play a few hands quickly.
That's true for 10 point pitch, but not for 4 point pitch; the non-trump cards still matter towards "game." The importance of being able to call the trump, and the bidding, is part of the appeal for me.
I learned to add playing cribbage. You quickly learn which combinations make 15 (for 2). We play for high stakes -- a quarter a game and fifty cents for a skunk -- ha!. You can't change the cards dealt to you. Strategy comes into play with the discard for the crib and with pegging. My family played a lot of 10-point and some 4-point pitch (high, low, jack, and the game). I've never played Euchere -- sounds interesting.
When I was 7 or 8, I lost 30 or 40 bucks playing at the family poker game. My grandpa called my mom the next morning feeling badly about it and wanting to return the money. She told him no. 20 years later, I was playing for a living.
I get what you mean—it felt pretty straightforward, with not much room for strategy. It almost seems like a game you can play without overthinking, which might be why it clicks with some people. But yeah, I'm not sure it's the most engaging for those who enjoy deeper strategy. I guess it's more of a casual vibe, which might explain its popularity in places where people want to unwind!
I saw your post while looking for smth myself, and Euchre is a great game, especially if you’ve got a good group of people to play with. It’s simple, but it keeps you on your toes. I think the best part about it is how fast-paced it is.
