Abstraction: Tichu

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Tichu defined a section of my life as well. Around the time our first son was born, me and some friends got into Tichu in a big way. It was a given that on just about any night we could call up a couple people, who would drive over to our place and play with my wife and I. This kept up for about a year or so.

Since then I have played far less, but I still really enjoy the game. Its biggest difficulty is that it's kind of a difficult game to teach. I think the way the different wild cards behave is just a step too far for some people. But when people get over that hump they are almost always hooked. It's just such a great card game.

I got dragged into a game of Tichu by some folks who were missing their fourth player. I warned them in advance, "Gonna warn you, I suck at Tichu." Then I showed them that I wasn't lying. It is a lot of fun, though. The problem is that one of the members of our family foursome doesn't like Tichu.