On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Geoffrey Spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>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.