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I tried to embark on this a few years ago, thinking particularly for cases where space is at a premium (airports) or I don't want to worry about wrecking/losing

I tried to embark on this a few years ago, thinking particularly for cases where space is at a premium (airports) or I don't want to worry about wrecking/losing game components (camping, the beach). Overall I didn't find a lot that I liked, particularly in the two-player space. Everything seemed to be either Rummy-family games around set collecting, or trick-taking games that might as well have been Hearts or Euchre. All that to say, if you've got a few favourites, please recommend!

7thaccount 2y ago
Solitaire based games have been big with my family recently. We sometimes do them cooperatively. If you go on YouTube, people have all kinds of newly invented ones or ones that are slight variations of another. Joker jailbreak is an example. Also Dungeon Crawl or Clear the Dungeon or something like that. I think I also watched a video for Osmosis. None of these are like Warhammer 40k exciting, but they are surprisingly fun at killing 10-15 minutes when you're waiting on your food. Even though they are 1 player games, my family and I frequently do it as a family activity or take turns. We keep a pack of playing cards in the glove compartment of the car so we never forget. I feel dumb for not learning more than a few card games as a kid.
wbl 2y ago
With 6 people there is Russian go fish.
freddie_mercury 2y ago
Two player games that can be played with a standard deck of cards: Haggis, Greasy Spoon, Crisps, Dickory, Vidrasso, Cupid: Tricks and Tactics, Tuhao.
glompers 2y ago
Packogame [0] makes a variety of games like that; I haven't played most of them but I can recommend Nut as well as Bus. [0] https://Perplext.com https://Perplext.com
- 7thaccount 2y ago
  This actually also looks right up my alley. The recommendations on this thread are awesome. It looks like they have like 24 different small card games that fit into a tiny package. It's always hard for me to tell if I'll like it or not before playing though. I'm a lot more forgiving of short games though

7thaccount 2y ago

Solitaire based games have been big with my family recently. We sometimes do them cooperatively. If you go on YouTube, people have all kinds of newly invented ones or ones that are slight variations of another. Joker jailbreak is an example. Also Dungeon Crawl or Clear the Dungeon or something like that. I think I also watched a video for Osmosis. None of these are like Warhammer 40k exciting, but they are surprisingly fun at killing 10-15 minutes when you're waiting on your food. Even though they are 1 player games, my family and I frequently do it as a family activity or take turns. We keep a pack of playing cards in the glove compartment of the car so we never forget. I feel dumb for not learning more than a few card games as a kid.

wbl 2y ago

With 6 people there is Russian go fish.

freddie_mercury 2y ago

Two player games that can be played with a standard deck of cards: Haggis, Greasy Spoon, Crisps, Dickory, Vidrasso, Cupid: Tricks and Tactics, Tuhao.

glompers 2y ago

Packogame [0] makes a variety of games like that; I haven't played most of them but I can recommend Nut as well as Bus. [0] https://Perplext.com https://Perplext.com

7thaccount 2y ago
This actually also looks right up my alley. The recommendations on this thread are awesome. It looks like they have like 24 different small card games that fit into a tiny package. It's always hard for me to tell if I'll like it or not before playing though. I'm a lot more forgiving of short games though