What is this card game?

May 21, 2007 1:50 PM

Card game played by multiple players. Each person has nine cards in front of them in a three by three grid, initially faced down. In turn, players flip these cards over and in some way associate them with other players' revealed cards. Score is kept.

Observed at airport. What is this game?

posted by deadfather to sports, hobbies, & recreation (11 comments total)

The only card game like that I know is called Golf, but you don't really associate them with the other cards.
posted by Lame_username at 2:13 PM on May 21, 2007

Some variant of Golf? See the second game on this wikipedia entry.
posted by redarmycomrade at 2:15 PM on May 21, 2007

Were these ordinary playing cards, or something custom?
posted by cortex at 2:18 PM on May 21, 2007

Was it Block Ten Solitaire? (that link is to about.com). Google's results for Block Ten Solitaire.
posted by iconomy at 2:23 PM on May 21, 2007

Also could be Home Chowaha, a Poker game?
posted by iconomy at 2:28 PM on May 21, 2007

Something like Apples To Apples?
posted by EndsOfInvention at 2:58 PM on May 21, 2007

Was it played super fast? Sounds like it could be a variation of speed, or this other game my friend taught me a while back, but don't remember the name of.
posted by iamkimiam at 2:58 PM on May 21, 2007

I think it may be Golf; I didn't know there was a nine-card version. They used normal playing cards—two decks, I think. I believe they were from Utah, if that presents any obviousness.
posted by deadfather at 3:10 PM on May 21, 2007

WTF? Nothing like Apples to Apples, EndsofInvention, unless you're playing some very odd homebrew.
posted by Hogshead at 3:12 PM on May 21, 2007

Hogshead wrote "WTF? Nothing like Apples to Apples, EndsofInvention, unless you're playing some very odd homebrew."

I dunno, I just thought that:
"players flip these cards over and in some way associate them with other players' revealed cards."
sounded similar to:
Each of the other players chooses one of their red apple cards that they think is the best match for the green apple card

Hence, "something like ATA", since they are associating cards with other cards "in some way". It was not mentioned whether they were using playing cards or something else.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 3:42 PM on May 21, 2007

Knight Baseball?
posted by AquaAmber at 4:05 PM on May 21, 2007