How the Game is Played

The other day Schwartzbeere and family were over for a visit and we were playing cards.

It was Himbeere's turn to deal.

Himbeere has an unorthodox way of dealing cards.

They all go into a pile on the table in front of him, then he plays in them for a bit. You now, stirs them up, moves them around, picks some up and sets them down in a different spot, and so on.  Almost anything but traditional shuffling.

Then he sets them out into piles in front of him. And then the piles get handed out to the players.

Different, but it works.  And in the privacy of your own home, its quite acceptable.  Actually, dealing into piles right in front of the dealer and then handing them out is pretty common at our house.  The rest of it, though, not so much.

So he dealt and we started playing.  Brombeere promptly went out (we were playing Phase 10 and she made her phase on her first play).  Everyone was a little unhappy but mostly Schwartzbeere.  He had three wild cards that were wasted when Brombeere made her phase and went out right away.  I mean, how often do you get dealt three wild cards in one hand, right?!