Does anyone know good card games for 2 players?

josha007

Hi all.Mu girlfriend and I are off on holiday tommorrow and we love playing cards.Going to Spain there is always the chance of it raining.So incase we are stuck in the room we'd like some good ideas for card games for 2 people.We play rummy and S**thead which are good.So does anyone have any other good games?Thanks

inspector_monkfish

Strip Poker?

sloppychops

How about buying a travel game.We always take our travel Rummikub away with us.

naijapower

Strip poker is the way to go......
lol

randomtask_2

You could always learn Big Two aka Deuces: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Two

For some reason, I have only played amongst fellow Chinese/Vietnamese people...

Reggie_Rebel

Knockout Whist
Chinese Patience

quickstepqueen

Fish?

You start with 7 cards each. Put remainder in pile in middle. Idea is to get 4 of the same number. When you've got 4 of a kind you take them out your hand and place them in a pile in front of you. The one with the most piles wins.

So to start, for example, look at your hand and see what number you'd like to try and get a 4 of a kind. Ask the other person if they have it. If they do, they have to hand over all the cards of that number. You then ask them for a different number. if they have that, they hand them over. You continue like this until they don't have a number. At this point they tell you to "fish" and you pick a card up from the middle pile. Y

our opponent then asks you for a number and you do the same (either hand over the appropriate card or tell her to "fish".) Game continues until all cards have been used and placed into piles of 4. Count how many piles of 4 you have and the most piles wins.

If at any point one player has no cards left in their hand they just pick a number at random and hope to snatch some off you.

This is one of my faves and a bit different to rummy.

markandkate

We always take cards with us on holiday and mostly we play crib. Do you know how to play? We also play rummy and if you have two packs you can play canasta.

dacouch

This is one of the greatest 2 player games you can play it combines luck and skill. Everyone I have shown it to is adicted to it. You can change the rules slightly which can be a laugh

http://www.pagat.com/beating/shithead.html

pcg2001

Have you heard of German card/ board games? Once we took a Schotten totten with us and our iddle time by the pool was spent playing this game.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/372

Lost cities is similar since it was done by the same designer (Reiner Knizia):
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rio-Grande-Games-124RGG-Cities/dp/B00005UNAV/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=toys&qid=1242947743&sr=8-3
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/50

Blue Moon is a bit more advanced and a great game: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fantasy-Flight-Games-4098636-Blue/dp/1589941365/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=kids&qid=1242947794&sr=1-1
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9446


You've got a wealth of info here if you want to discover new games for 2 players - all of these games have english versions. As you will soon sadly find out, the german versions are much cheaper, so lots of people (in the US and in the UK) buy them in german and get the english instructions online.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/3260
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/8691

Do give these a try. Buy one (I would recommend lost cities, which comes in a very portable box) and if it rains, try it. There are lots of boardgame online stores and stores (for instance in London and elsehwere in the UK), so you will have no trouble with the selection.

Good luck.