I currently own about 200 modern board games which are, objectively, *many*. And, oh (bless their soul!) I do enjoy them, but sometimes nothing compares to classic and traditional card games.
Over the past couple of years I really learned to appreciate them, since the set-up time is always very low, a game doesn't take too much time, they're hella' fun and most of their rules are simpler than most of my other board games. As they should be, since they've been playtested by millions of people in the span of at least a Century. So yesterday evening the four of us gathered around the table and played a game of Rummy 500 and, boy, did we enjoy it! And I just started to learn it a few days ago, so there's plenty more to play before I get bored.
Fun fact: if you ask any Romanian "hey, want to play some Rummy (Remi)?", don't expect them to reach for a pack of cards. Instead, they will reach for a box of Rummikub tiles! Yes, in our country, Rummy didn't catch on very much after World War 2 (although it's more convenient), but, boy, do we love our Rummikub! It's a fact so well known, that John McCleod (owner of Pagat.com) said:
“In fact, I met players from Romania who told me that until travelling abroad, they never realized that people from other countries play Rummy with playing cards."
Oh, by the way: I wrote more about it on my website (which is in Romanian, but has a very useful translator in English, which does a pretty good job.)
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