I think people don't play cards as much as they used to. I know it's true in my family. A lot of the old marathon card players in my clan have passed on to that pearly card table in the sky.

Jim

My wife and I play Rummy every weekend with my daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter.

wife and son go to her moms a couple nights a week to play cards.

Pepper, spades and 10pt Pitch are my favorites.

Yes James, made me look.

While I can't claim to enjoy any card games; the most common one from where I grew up was Smear. I'm really surprised it hasn't been mentioned.

The current most common seems to be Cribbage. Although it isn't a trump game, I think if fits the spirit of the thread.

Bridge !! The true game of war.

I heard about a game where you can use cards from other decks,even if they don't match the deck you're using, change the rules as you go,and the winner is the one can wave there hands around and babble on and make the most unbelievable statements.
I think the name of the game is
Nancy

Play a lot of smear around here. Many ways to play the game

This thread needs archived. James said it above. Card playing is going the way of the harness maker and public telephone.

not a card game but how about yahtzee??hours and hours with family.monopoly was more the game to share with your peers more so than family.

When I was a kid the Saturday night entertainment was poker. Grandma, an aunt and uncle, and mom ,dad, and myself all played penny poker. Everyone had one of those metal tins the hard candy came in full of pennies, no one lost anything and everyone had a good time.

Couldn't help but look myself. Saw James' name and was wondering how long him or the thread would last. Finally looked. Cards are fun. Too much thought and strategy for the young people of today? Or just not electronic enough? Times and people are changing, which they always do, but not always for the better.

Sheepshead is the ultimate trump game. That's what we play here in WI.

played spades for years - we had a long time game running when i was in school.

was introduced to Euchre through my wife's family

Yahtzee is how I learned poker

I wonder if smear and sheepshead are the same game, MN and WI people? I used to play sheepshead at least once a week when I was young, now it is poker with grandkids.

I'll have you know I come from a long line of good baptists. Card playing is sinful, we played Rook. LOL

Seriously, granny wouldn't allow a deck of playing cards or dice in the house. Mama's people though resolved that difficulty with a deck of Rook cards. So we stayed up all hours of the night playing rook. When the aunts and uncles and all the cousins got together there might be three games going at once.
And God help you if you played against my grand dad Tommie and his twin brother Commie, they had a twins secret code language going.

Agreed

Euchre

Hand and Foot ...........fun family game we play a lot