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Euchre is not fun if you are playing with 3 other people that know how to play...it's all luck then. If you think it's a matter of skill etc, you really just don't know the basic strat for all situations (not that many scenarios).

Spades is more fun, because there's of different strategy to do. When you add in stuff like double-nil, it gets pretty fun [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I really like Hearts too, it's also fun if you play with the J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] rule.

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Scared of losing to a girl [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
That's fine. So far I have you, Inchoathand (sorry I mispelled), I know Lucas will be down for it and me. So we already have enough players for a game. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Scared of losing to a girl [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
That's fine. So far I have you, Inchoathand (sorry I mispelled), I know Lucas will be down for it and me. So we already have enough players for a game. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I've lost to girls before i'm sure i will again [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

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Are you kidding? I only learned the game from Michigan people too, and outside of yahoo, the next time I played it was when I moved there.

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Yeah. Completely serious. I just AIMed another friend who just moved to Michigan last month to see if he had heard of the game. He said as soon as he arrived two different groups of people offered to teach him the game.

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Scared of losing to a girl [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
That's fine. So far I have you, Inchoathand (sorry I mispelled), I know Lucas will be down for it and me. So we already have enough players for a game. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I've lost to girls before i'm sure i will again [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

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Sooner than you think [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
I will PM you and whoever is interested in playing next week (so you have time to refresh your memory)

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Euchre is not fun if you are playing with 3 other people that know how to play...it's all luck then.

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this is the popular opinion of people who think they understand all the strategy but really have a long way to go toward mastering the game. it's true the game depends a lot of luck, but this is because you only play to 10. if it was played to 50, this would not be the perception.

i'm pretty confident that if you found the best partner you could and i found my own, we would probably beat you 60-70 times out of 100. (i've played three or four thousand games online and am generally considered one of the best 5-10 players of the couple thousand who play regularly on the site).

Re: Euchre vs Spades
 

wow, you totally pwned me....really....I mean, its not like anyone else has played these games and enjoyed them...in fact I'd be surprised if i got any heterosexual replies at all...


to the other replies: glad to see others enjoy them as well. I still pretty much suck at Euchre as I was dealt a J [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] and somehow didn't go it alone....but someday I hope to be as cool and heterosexual as sammy1, so we'll see....

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Euchre is not fun if you are playing with 3 other people that know how to play...it's all luck then.

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this is the popular opinion of people who think they understand all the strategy but really have a long way to go toward mastering the game. it's true the game depends a lot of luck, but this is because you only play to 10. if it was played to 50, this would not be the perception.

i'm pretty confident that if you found the best partner you could and i found my own, we would probably beat you 60-70 times out of 100. (i've played three or four thousand games online and am generally considered one of the best 5-10 players of the couple thousand who play regularly on the site).

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Well I concede that I probably have a bunch to learn. However, since the game is so low scoring and my friends skill levels were similar, the game was not much fun =/

Re: Euchre vs Spades
 

incorporate deal stealing, shots, and beers and I guarantee you'll have a good time [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Re: Euchre vs Spades
 

Spades is a meal. Euchre is dessert.