Mattsdigs 104 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 DONT PANIC MODERATORS, it isn't what you think. I am simply wondering if any body on this site ever played the pub game called Koo-can? My Dad played it all the time in the Westdale tavern and it seemed to be the only card game that men ever played. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Unmade Marian 26 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Hi Mattsdigs Wow, you have just took me down memory lane. I never knew how to spell it, do you know or have you just done a phonetic spelling? Yep, when the children were small and we couldn't get out there were many, many good food and card evenings in the 1980s and it was always Koo-Can. You play with two packs and have 13 cards each. You cannot lay out until the pips add up to 40 and an Ace can either be 1 or 14 (but always 14 when you are adding up your total at the end, Once you have laid out others can then add to the runs and you can add to theirs. To Koo-Can is to lay out all your cards in one go - but that takes some nerves. You only have to pay on the cards left in your hand so if you try to Koo-Can and fail - that can be quite high stakes. We always used to play a penny a pip with a maximum of 50p! (hey, mortgages were 16% at that time). I hope this is the game you mean and your dad recognises the rules as I remember them. Times and friends move on so haven't played for years. Regards, Unmade Marian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 I recall watching some mates play it every Saturday lunchtime at the Arkwright pub, I was even dragged into a game one Saturday when they didn't have enough to play... Can't say I ever got the hang of it.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 I think you have the wrong game there Marion! Cu can is played with two packs and is like Rummy with 10 cards. You have to make up 'sets' of two 'four of a kind' or two '4 card runs' and a three set including the 'thinker' It's very hard to explain how to play it but it's very easy to pick up. It's played for "The game" and so much "Per Pip" ie '5p the game and penny a pip' You payed out on what you had left in your hand that wasn't part of 'a set' Nobody over here knows how to play it, the closest to it is a game they call "Nap" (short for Napoleon") and that sounds a bit like the one you've described. We used to have a 'school' in the Meadow Club before Notts home games, '10p the game and twopence a spot' The most you could lose being around a quid! (Which was quite a bit in those days) Perhaps the biggest school used to be in the local Liberal snooker club after a night out down The Arriba or the likes.We'd head back there and play till the sun came up ,(Which is pretty late in winter!) We used to play for 25 p a pip !!! We had a game on Christmas eve one year, playing till 8 in the morning (6 hours) at the end we totaled up who had one what, two were dead level, one was 25p up another 25p down (Bet you can't guess who was the loser!? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattsdigs 104 Posted October 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 So its appearing to be just a locally played game after all. The version that my father played , and tried to teach me, was the version similar to Rummy but with an imaginary card. The winner usually had two sets of three and a four hand, i.e. ace, two three, three sixes and a nine, jack, queen and king with the imaginary as the ten. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 my dad played every sunday afternoon at the railway club top of debil st netherfield we always knew when he had won extra treat that day, we all played it at home when we had family card nights but only for matchsticks mum would not let us play for money in the house . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Cu can 10 cards, Kalookie 13 cards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Kalookie is the one mainly played here in West Mids, Had some good games, but also lost quite a bit of money as well. The more the beer flowed; the more risky the game. We haven't played for about 15 odd years, so we will have to have a refresher course. Great Game. I can't say we ever saw Cucan played here, perhaps its a Nottingham game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 If I remember ,and can slip a double deck into my skin tight leather trousers , I'll give you all a quick demonstration on Thursday night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 That's a coincidence, I'd never heard of the game before, then my brother visited recently, and told me he plays this game all the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Unmade Marian 26 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Kalookie! thanks Moderator, you're right that is what I was thinking of. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 If you do that they'll look like Budgie smugglers. Ku can was played in the mess rooms of every railway location I worked at. No wonder the trains were always late. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 What was the game where you 'bid' the number of tricks you'd win, or lose, an open hand was called ' misère ovair' pronounced mizair, one pack 4 players each had 13 cards? played it when I worked at Players No3 factory in 1967, may have been called 'SOLO' ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Solo Whist it is. The calls were:- Solo Misere Misere ovair I have a feeling there's another call but I can't remember it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussexred 25 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 "Abundance" Beefy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussexred 25 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 And it's "Misere Ouvert" as in "open." It's played with the hand face up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 I know what it meant but this computer carnt spel for toffay (Thanks for the Abundance) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattsdigs 104 Posted October 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 On board ship I think it was called "Chase the P*sser" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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