Don’t you just love when your parents use the “back in my day” line, whenever you have the slightest complaint concerning buffering speed on a video, or how you are upset the next season of “Narcos” hasn’t arrived on Netflix? Parents and grandparents waste no time reminding you how back in their day, they had to find a different way to entertain themselves. One of the ways they did so was to play card games. The sound of the speakers on a television was replaced by the ruffle of the cards as someone shuffled the deck.
Funny thing is, there is an argument that card games are now more popular than ever. Adweek recently came out with a report that board games have received a 28 percent sales increase in the last year, and a part of that has to do with new card games. One of the newest card games, “Exploding Kittens,” asked for fundraising money on Kickstarter in exchange for a copy of their game. What the creators got was $8.8 million of donations in 30 days.
There is no denying the excitement these new card games posses. However, a number of Colorado Mesa University students are satisfied with the old classics when they get their card on.
“I like hearts,” CMU student Carly Igoe said. “Hearts is fun and it gets kind of competitive.”
“I like B.S. [or Peanut Butter] because you get to mess with people’s minds,” CMU student Bryan Leu said.
The classics still have their say in the minds of the students on campus, but there is also another genre of card games that can’t be overlooked: a good ol’ fashioned drinking game.
If we are being real, most students don’t need any added incentive to partake in sipping on an ice cold brew; however, there is something to be said about adding alcohol to the already competitive setting that card games provide.
“I like King’s Cup,” CMU student Paul Alvarado said. “It kind of gets you drunk. I have some bad luck because I always get the king’s cup.”
“King’s cup is never boring,” Igoe said.
For those unfamiliar with King’s Cup, it is a card game that requires every card to be pulled out of a bunched circle. Each card has its own rule on how much or when to take a sip of your drink, but it’s the King card people should worry about. The first three people to get the card pour their drink into a cup. The final person to draw a King card is the unlucky player that has to drink the often disgusting combination.
Despite all the technology, card games are still very popular among the students on CMU’s campus. And whether it’s a game that is loved by generations, or one that involves a bit of drinking, there’s a game for most CMU students to enjoy.
