On Sunday 30 November 2008 02:11:32 pm Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Alexander Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Another interesting data point: I was playing Cheat with a single > > deck of cards with some friends. Someone called "two fives", and > > put down two cards. So I called "three fives", and put down the > > other two fives, in a squared-up way so other players could not > > easily count the number of cards I'd played. > > I've always played that you must play in order starting with twos, > so after someone plays fives you must play sixes, making your scam > impossible. I believe Hoyle's version includes this feature. > Being able to play whatever rank of cards you want seems to me to > make the game way too easy.
Me too, actually; the version of the scam I saw was to play 4-5-5 (for example) and declare two fives.
