Sunday, September 15, 2002
I Doubt It (and you should, too)
Today's game of the day is another card game - one that we'll be playing Thursday at the Teavern in Manhattan Beach - called I Doubt It. (click for the description).
This is a game that requires people to lie. It's a kid's game, they say.
It has many variations, including a Russian version called, logically enough, Verish' Ne Verish', and another which I choose not to mention. The fact that there are at least three known variations makes it perfect fodder for a Wacky Card Games gathering, where the whole focus is on making up wackier and wackier variations. The fact that lying is required (lying isn't really lying when everyone knows that you have to) makes it all the wackier.
My wife, Rocky, hates this game, and all its variations. Games that make you lie. For some, the whole idea is just too wacky to play with.
This is a game that requires people to lie. It's a kid's game, they say.
It has many variations, including a Russian version called, logically enough, Verish' Ne Verish', and another which I choose not to mention. The fact that there are at least three known variations makes it perfect fodder for a Wacky Card Games gathering, where the whole focus is on making up wackier and wackier variations. The fact that lying is required (lying isn't really lying when everyone knows that you have to) makes it all the wackier.
My wife, Rocky, hates this game, and all its variations. Games that make you lie. For some, the whole idea is just too wacky to play with.
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