Comments on: Nertz . . . are you competitive? Question #48

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:58:45 +0000

I am so competitive and Nertz is so addicting. My mom’s side of the family has stopped giving Christmas presents and for the past 7 years has been doing 2 full days of crazy games. We have played Nerts with 16 people and boy does that get crazy!!! We are all a very competitive family. We have done Scavenger hunts all over Denver, Survivor including killing, cooking and eating a rabbit, Go Kart Racing and so many more fun games. I have so enjoyed these Christmas Memories and will forever remember each and every year. It also gives us time to actually get to know each other more than just swapping gifts!!!!

By: DorthyM

DorthyM — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:16:02 +0000

Me? Competitive? n … no. not at all. Okay maybe a little. ok, a lot! We love playing phase ten., canasta, and gin. I have to remind myself sometimes not to play cut throat unless i’m playing with family. I totally get into games. And dont get me started on pogo games online! lol.

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:43:13 +0000

I would SO love to come over and play NERTZ!!! But I would SSSOOOO beat you! (Oops. Was that outloud? Might be a little competitive over here, too.)

By: Kellie Osborn

Kellie Osborn — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:02:18 +0000

I am so competitive that people won’t play games with me anymore! I work with mentally and physically challenged adults though so I have to let them win or they become angry! Some of them can become physical so for my safety I let them win :)

By: Hannah W.

Hannah W. — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:48:14 +0000

Competitive? Oh my, YES! I think my favorite card game is Dutch Blitz … very fast and competitive.

A couple years back, my father and sister and I spent about 2 weeks helping some dear friends of ours who had a baby #11 on the way, and were building a house for the grandmother. Anyway, most of the nights, I stayed up past midnight playing Dutch Blitz … so much that my sister teased me pretty strongly about how competitive I was.

And yes, I would end a losing game with the warning that “I’ll win next time!”

I’ll have to check out Nertz … never heard of it.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:39:13 +0000

Someone else was telling me that they play the golf game using skip bo cards-I’ve looked on the internet for diections and rules bu have had no luck-Could you please let me know what they are, if this sounds like what you play? Thanks Julie

By: Hamons Family

Hamons Family — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:06:19 +0000

Before kids, I was much more competitive, but with two little ones and hardly any time to focus on a game, not so much anymore. When I do get a chance to play a game, I am much more mellow about it. I enjoy looking at the big picture and watching the other players. I do look forward to playing games with my girls though!

By: Michelle H.

Michelle H. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:36:29 +0000

Loving reading about the games that everyone plays. Pinochle is the big game in my family. I moved 2000 miles from home and don’t know anyone local that plays, so needless to say, when I go home to visit we play every night.

Have you played Hand and Foot? My great-aunts got into it several years ago and they are cutthroat! Rowdy card game, and like Nertz you can add as many people as you want just by adding more decks.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:53:54 +0000

I am competative. I get this from my mother. James and I love to play games and many times our “big gift” for each other on special occasions will be a good quality (usually German) game from a specialty game shop. Early on, I nearly ruined a game (not physically) I had bought him by taking the results of the game so personally that I got upset. Since then, I sort of have a back off mechanism where I give myself a little distance and perspective (take dishes to the kitchen, dish ice cream, rock the baby) between turns so that I don’t get all tensed up. It’s silly. I do enjoy playing games and can still give James a run for his money on the two player ones, but I try REALLY hard not to get so invested in them that I get mad.

I don’t know how that is possible with Nertz though. A good amount of healthy humor and self-control would work, I guess. I haven’t played that since my new found strategy though, and I’m pretty sure running a load of laundry during the game wouldn’t work!

By: soonermomof7

soonermomof7 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:49:50 +0000

I would not say I am terribly competitive. I really enjoy the time spent more than the activity. I played way too many card games as a kid. However, I also played Tri-ominos. I will play it every time! It’s a quick game than even young children can play.