In the spirit of my post on Monopoly I have to mention that the AlKiMe triad plays a lot of rummy. I usually have two or three card decks upon my person, and it's become a habit to wait out meals at restaurants or within long lines to take out a deck and run a few hands of it.
We have, of course, our own house rules and variations.
1) We allow a run of King, Ace, Two. We call it "mummy," because it wraps around.
2) Once an individual has "gone out," the others around the table continue with one final turn.
3) The easiest way to aggravate anyone at the table is to put down a set of 7's, 8's or 9's. (This is because it tends to break up good runs.)
4) Hording Aces from the LintKing is expected, not bad manners.
At some point we will have enough XXXenophile cards for a rummy deck... someday. [grinning] We also play Five Crowns, Phase 10, and similar styles of games.
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How are you building that XXXenophile rummy deck? Based on the sybols on the side? I own a bunch of the cards, having been a Slag-Blah demo monkey at Origins '96. Actually beat James Ernest at his own game during the roll-out party...
Posted by Kris | March 5, 2002 8:23 AM
Posted on March 5, 2002 08:23
I think so: I was able to get a number of decks very cheaply from auctions at my ex-workplace (Mile High Comics) ... but I haven't followed up on it in a while. I think they were also worth some cute character concepts. [grin]
Posted by MT Fierce | March 5, 2002 9:46 AM
Posted on March 5, 2002 09:46