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Travis Cooper
United States
Salt Lake City
Utah
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Arg! I just typed this up and the submit failed. I hate it when I lose all my information. Well, here goes again.
Tichu Play Log
Tichu
Most of my game playing as a kid consisted of card games. Sure we played the classics, but card games were what I remember learning, playing, and loving the most. Canasta, Euchre, Pitch, and many others were favorites in our house. I remember when I was finally old enough to be able to play when my married siblings came over for Sunday dinner. Until I met my first gateway game cards were where it was at.
Since being active here on the geek I have seen a lot of talk and love given for Tichu. However, during that time I have been more active with board games than card games, so I never got around to picking it up. This last order I made I found space for a cheap game, so I decided to finally make the purchase.
Today's Game
Today I taught John, Jeff and Austin how to play. John has played a lot of card games and was able to pick things up very fast. Jeff was learning as well with a few hints here and there. Austin, not playing many card games in the past, slowly started getting a grasp on how things worked.
The first hand saw me calling for Tichu. I could never get the lead and John went out first. However, that finally gave me the lead and I never lost it again going out second. That put us in the hole with a 80 point disadvantage. The next hand John called a Grand Tichu and got it, along with the majority of the points putting us into an even bigger hole. Finally we got a good set of hands. Jeff made a Tichu call and we got every point pulling us within 100. Then a couple of hands later we were sitting with a 290 point lead.
The clock was not in our favor. We decided to play one more hand before going back to work. With a big deficit John called Grand Tichu. In the end I think Austin had the better hand, but he was able to help John get the lead and went out soon after John giving them the 1-2 punch along with the Grand Tichu. That was way too much for us to come back from and they ended up pulling off the 525-365 win.
Does this work for lunch?
I need to take a rain-check on this. I've only had 2 plays and neither of them finished. I think given more experience we could get a full 1000 point game in under the hour mark. However, both games I've played so far only went to 500 points. As far as fitting in your group, yes this is a great card game. It is already sitting high on my list of favorites. I need more plays, but this will definitely work well with my family.
Discussion Question: What should I wish for?
I have read some of the discussion threads surrounding this question. Wish for what you passed, or wish for an A if your LHO called Grand Tichu. I think I just need to play more to get a good grasp on this. Today John kept calling for a K which killed me and he would end up acing it for 10 points and the lead back. Maybe this was just dumb luck, but I am still trying to decide what a good wish is. Please comment on what you like to do.
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