Thanks To Naomi24.

[SparklyKid]

I still play on line cribbage every day. I have now got the measure of Bill.

[shoota]

I can't remember if it was one of the games listed along the top or on their menu of games, but the next time I tried to find it it had disappeared.
Fortunately I had saved it to favourites.
I have played 1517 games during lockdown of which I have won 55%.
I could have written a novel in that time...

[shoota]

Perhaps 'Tete merde' might be acceptable.

[naomi24]

Do you think posting the link to it might work?

[shoota]

I thought of that Naomi but I tried it once and I think it came up with my details on it.

[naomi24]

What happens if you copy just the link to the game and paste it into google?

[jakep]

Thank you for posting this Sparkly, I’ve saved it this time :-)

[shoota]

https://cardgames.io/tetemerde/
Except it's not 'tetemerde'...

[naomi24]

Got it Shoota. Well done. I'll have a go at that later.

[naomi24]

Shoota, I think I'm getting the hang of that game. It's taken several goes - but I've now beaten Bill a couple of times. Thanks for mentioning it. I like it!

[shoota]

If possible, always keep a low number, 5 or under, or a 10 in your hand because he will hang on to a 5 until just before he goes on to the face up cards.
It's another good excuse not to do anything :-)

[puzzled54]

I have been playing rummy and whist, and mike is a bit of a card shark in 3 person rummy. Yahtzee is good, and clock patience

[naomi24]

I haven't tried the Rummy, puzzled - but I will.

Shoota, I was missing chances by failing to discard multiple cards of the same number and by misplaying the 2s, 5s and 10s. I'm getting a bit better.

[shoota]

Have you discovered that 4 of the same number in a row burns the pile? That can be useful.

[naomi24]

Yes, I’ve cottoned on to that one, shoota. Also I’ve tried swapping the ‘special’ cards - 2s, 5s, 10s - from my hand with low ranking cards on the left. With the ‘pile’ of undealt cards spent before a player is able to use that left-hand assortment, those special cards present an opportunity to be able to ‘go’…. if that makes sense. Have you tried it?

[Mozz71]

I'm more a rummy man, but I still play the card games frequently, so I'd like to echo Sparkly's thanks to Naomi for pointing the site out to us all.

[shoota]

Yes, Aces and Kings or 'clever' cards if available. Also quite handy to have two or three of a kind face up if possible so you can zip through them quickly.
I'm having to ration the amount of time I'm spending on it... :-)

[Ken4155]

I still get the impression that the turnover card is often loaded in Bill's favour when playing Crib. For instance, the number of times he will hold 2 x 4 and 2 x 6 and a 5 turns over!!! However, I find it much easier to beat him at Yahtzee. This is probably because he is a tad too quick to discard a poss small/large straight if he 'sees' 2 x 6. Loves his sixes does Bill :-)

[Cloverjo]

Thanks for this. I’ve been playing Hearts.