Does anyone remember Mandicourt, Mandycourt or Mandiecoat ... or however
it was spelt? It was a bizarre-addictive and enjoyable card game that
made its way to Goa sometime in the 'seventies and 'eighties. We played
it for hours, and enjoyed it no end.
What were the other card games that were popular in Goa?
In the local club, we were taken onto the Bridge tables only when one of
the elders failed to turn up, and one of the four-some was missing. As
college kids, we were seen as inadequately aware about the 'bidding'
intricacies. Which, of course, we were. Bridge was a fascinating game.
Whist drive was more hum-drum and monotonous. If at all, it was just a
social kind of meeting place, and adolescent schoolboys (and girls, I
guess), looked forward to meeting up at the annual whist-drive held for
boys-only schoolkids to encounter the girls-only schools. I think this
was allowed when the students reached the tenth students in schools like
St Britto's and St Mary's in Mapusa!
Though of this while browsing the Net and running into this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_game
It's a fascinating collection of card games on Wikipedia.
There's even one card-game called Snap, which two-year-olds are supposed
to be able to play! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_%28game%29
Has any one other interesting online pointers? FN
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