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Anyone remember flipping cards?
EchoCanyon
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Anyone remember flipping cards (and matching the colors) in the 70's?
Was this only a Brooklyn thing? Or were kids doing this around the country?
(I found the following on streetplay.com)
Colors:
Each year the basic look of the baseball cards changes to present anxious consumers with a new style and design. Regardless of the new look, portions of the card, such as the team name or player position would usually be made in a distinctive color and the color would vary by team. There might be two teams whose name was framed in red, two in blue, two in green, etc. All the members of the team would have the same card color.
The rules of “Colors” are similar to the classic game of war (where players use a regular card deck) only even simpler! Each player starts with a deck of cards, even in numbers. The first player turns over his top card and holds it face up. Perhaps the team color is red. The next player then turns over her top card and places it on top of the other player’s. If the color matches (in this case, if it is also red), the 2nd player wins, takes both cards and placed them at the bottom of her deck, if the card doesn’t match (perhaps it is blue), the first player then turns over his next card and places it on the pile. If it matches the preceding card, he wins the pot, if not, the other player turns over her next card. This play continues until the top two cards match. A group of cards in a single pot or round can get quite big before two matching cards hit.
If after starting the round a player runs out of cards, he pulls the bottom one from the pile and places it on top, while the other player continues to add cards from her own deck. If the player with no cards left loses this last round, the game end (unless of course he can convince someone to lend him cards to continue another round). Back in the olden days, players usually continued playing until one ran out of cards or someone had to go to supper.
Was this only a Brooklyn thing? Or were kids doing this around the country?
(I found the following on streetplay.com)
Colors:
Each year the basic look of the baseball cards changes to present anxious consumers with a new style and design. Regardless of the new look, portions of the card, such as the team name or player position would usually be made in a distinctive color and the color would vary by team. There might be two teams whose name was framed in red, two in blue, two in green, etc. All the members of the team would have the same card color.
The rules of “Colors” are similar to the classic game of war (where players use a regular card deck) only even simpler! Each player starts with a deck of cards, even in numbers. The first player turns over his top card and holds it face up. Perhaps the team color is red. The next player then turns over her top card and places it on top of the other player’s. If the color matches (in this case, if it is also red), the 2nd player wins, takes both cards and placed them at the bottom of her deck, if the card doesn’t match (perhaps it is blue), the first player then turns over his next card and places it on the pile. If it matches the preceding card, he wins the pot, if not, the other player turns over her next card. This play continues until the top two cards match. A group of cards in a single pot or round can get quite big before two matching cards hit.
If after starting the round a player runs out of cards, he pulls the bottom one from the pile and places it on top, while the other player continues to add cards from her own deck. If the player with no cards left loses this last round, the game end (unless of course he can convince someone to lend him cards to continue another round). Back in the olden days, players usually continued playing until one ran out of cards or someone had to go to supper.
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it beat the hell out of the cards but i got pretty good at it andalways had a stack of cards in my pocket in grade school ready to go. it was a great time killer and would love to play now...
i played in the 70-80's by the way
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