This is one of the best two player card Games out there, and probably the best with a standard deck IMO. My wife and I play this when we go to a winery or brewery on a date. Simple but strategic. There is a nice press your luck feel when deciding to knock. Perfect game for this channel! I actually believe that 10 points for under cutting and 20 points for Gin is the standard scoring, but there are lots of variants. Pagat is a good website for card game rules. Basically like Hoyle was for the printed version.
Thank you, I fully agree, one of the best two player games with a standard deck. The scores are the ones I grew up with and Pagat can never take that away from me! That said, play with what you and your partner like, the two Gin players and their rules are the ones that matter.
Flawless tutorial. This is one of the best two player games out there and I've taught it to several friends and shipmates. One fun variant is Oklahoma Gin. In this version, the knocking point for each round is determined by the initial upcard. So, for example, when you turn over the first card and it's a 5, you need to have five points or less to knock. If it's an 8, you need 8 points or less. And so on. In addition, if the initial upcard is a spade, points count double for that round. This game has an old tradition in my family. My great-grandfather would play this wtih my uncle when my uncle was a little boy. I never met my great-grandfather, but when I play gin rummy with my uncle, we make sure to play by the rules my great-grandfather taught him. Plus, it seems to unlock a whole bunch of memories for my uncle, and I've heard several stories about my great-grandfather I never would have known otherwise. It's beautiful to know that we are keeping his memory alive through a game.
Thanks so much. Also thanks for mentioning Oklahoma, I filmed a similar explanation for the variant, but I felt obligated to keep the video under 5 minutes and it got cut. It’s a great way to keep the game a bit more exciting. I’ll add it to the description in a bit. Thanks again!
I played this game a lot. I like it because the hands are small and it can be played by 2 players. And also it requires more skills than luck. Almost all hands are winnable, so it could be intense sometimes 😁 can it be played using Italian card decks too?
Agreed! I suppose you could play a version of it with Italian cards. You'd probably want to deal less cards, maybe 8? I think it might go too fast to get the same strategy as the 52 card version, but there's only one way to find out...
The version we play is: 20 points for going gin, 10 + the difference for undercutting, The first face up card is the knock limit meaning if it's a 5 then you can't knock with more than 5 points. An Ace means you have to go Gin
Hi Chris, do you know this type of game? a player plays a card, then other players have to follow suit. If the player cannot play because he does not have that suit, the player must pick cards from the stock pile and keep picking until he finds that suit. The biggest card wins and the turn goes to the winner. The first player who run out of cards wins. In my country this game is called "picking", and it is mainly played by children. Adults mostly don't play this game because it is considered too simple and only for kids. Do you know the name of this game?
@Play-In-Games wow, thanks for the reply sir. I am thinking the same, just we don't use any card as wilds. Nah, this game was very basic, the last time I played it was like 22 years ago 😂😂😂 in school dormitory, we played many games such as bluff. The most hilarious game ever 😂😂😂
Love this quick and detailed card game videos. Perfect for when I'm trying to teach games to my friends but forget a rule or two.... lol
Thanks, my hope is to someday be the Brian Wilson of table top gaming (pre mental breakdown 😂)
This is one of the best two player card Games out there, and probably the best with a standard deck IMO. My wife and I play this when we go to a winery or brewery on a date. Simple but strategic. There is a nice press your luck feel when deciding to knock. Perfect game for this channel!
I actually believe that 10 points for under cutting and 20 points for Gin is the standard scoring, but there are lots of variants. Pagat is a good website for card game rules. Basically like Hoyle was for the printed version.
Thank you, I fully agree, one of the best two player games with a standard deck. The scores are the ones I grew up with and Pagat can never take that away from me! That said, play with what you and your partner like, the two Gin players and their rules are the ones that matter.
I played this with my mom all the time. Been teaching my kids now, wish she could play. Great video 👍
Thanks!
Flawless tutorial. This is one of the best two player games out there and I've taught it to several friends and shipmates.
One fun variant is Oklahoma Gin. In this version, the knocking point for each round is determined by the initial upcard. So, for example, when you turn over the first card and it's a 5, you need to have five points or less to knock. If it's an 8, you need 8 points or less. And so on. In addition, if the initial upcard is a spade, points count double for that round.
This game has an old tradition in my family. My great-grandfather would play this wtih my uncle when my uncle was a little boy. I never met my great-grandfather, but when I play gin rummy with my uncle, we make sure to play by the rules my great-grandfather taught him. Plus, it seems to unlock a whole bunch of memories for my uncle, and I've heard several stories about my great-grandfather I never would have known otherwise. It's beautiful to know that we are keeping his memory alive through a game.
Thanks so much. Also thanks for mentioning Oklahoma, I filmed a similar explanation for the variant, but I felt obligated to keep the video under 5 minutes and it got cut. It’s a great way to keep the game a bit more exciting. I’ll add it to the description in a bit. Thanks again!
I played this game a lot. I like it because the hands are small and it can be played by 2 players. And also it requires more skills than luck. Almost all hands are winnable, so it could be intense sometimes 😁 can it be played using Italian card decks too?
Agreed! I suppose you could play a version of it with Italian cards. You'd probably want to deal less cards, maybe 8? I think it might go too fast to get the same strategy as the 52 card version, but there's only one way to find out...
The version we play is:
20 points for going gin,
10 + the difference for undercutting,
The first face up card is the knock limit meaning if it's a 5 then you can't knock with more than 5 points. An Ace means you have to go Gin
Hi Chris, do you know this type of game? a player plays a card, then other players have to follow suit. If the player cannot play because he does not have that suit, the player must pick cards from the stock pile and keep picking until he finds that suit. The biggest card wins and the turn goes to the winner. The first player who run out of cards wins. In my country this game is called "picking", and it is mainly played by children. Adults mostly don't play this game because it is considered too simple and only for kids. Do you know the name of this game?
The closest popular game I can think of would be crazy 8's.
@Play-In-Games wow, thanks for the reply sir. I am thinking the same, just we don't use any card as wilds. Nah, this game was very basic, the last time I played it was like 22 years ago 😂😂😂 in school dormitory, we played many games such as bluff. The most hilarious game ever 😂😂😂