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DFG Exclusive Review Summary
- Includes a good variety of games to play.
- Very active online community.
- Easy to make friends.
- No need to spend any money.
- Might be a little overwhelming for beginners.
- The time to place your bet can sometimes be low.
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Game Description
The Safe Way to Gamble
Get ready to hit the tables, draw the cards, and spin the wheels. In Big Fish Casino, you will become the master of chance as you decide where you will spend your hard-earned chips. Go online and test your luck against countless other gamblers and see if you have what it takes to win big and go home rich. You don’t need to worry about selling your shirt either. In Big Fish Casino, you can experience most of what will get your blood pumping in Vegas without leaving your home or spending your money.
Play Your Favorite Casino Games
Big Fish Casino includes a host of fun games that wouldn’t be out of place in Las Vegas or Atlantic City, as well as a few you won’t find anywhere else.
- Get as close to 21 as you can in Blackjack.
- Bluff your way to wealth in Texas Hold’em.
- Go to the Roulette wheel and place all bets on your lucky number.
- Spin the Slots and let the chips roll in.
- See what words you can spell as you hedge your bets in Word Ace.
Improve Your Standing
Gambling is not just about winning money. It’s also about the prestige. As you play Big Fish Casino, you’ll increase your standing with the online community and acquire all sorts of neat perks in the process.
- Earn experience to increase your personal level in the casino.
- Unlock up to six tables for each game, each based off of a different city.
- Win increasingly larger sums of money as you reach higher levels.
- Hook up with players around your skill level quickly and easily.
- Complete challenges that change every day to earn extra goodies.
The Social Experience
There’s no need to be alone when you enter the virtual house of Big Fish Casino. Join the community and form friendly rivalries with your fellow gamblers.
- Communicate with your fellow players using the in-game chat system.
- Make some friends and form a table where you can play your favorite games together in private.
- Give yourself a unique identity. Edit your name, avatar, moods, status message and more.
This is Your Lucky Day
Big Fish Casino gives you ample opportunity to sate your thirst for gambling without losing a paycheck. The game is completely free to play; no purchase is necessary in order to add it to your library, and new chips are rewarded to you daily. Despite that, you can play all your favorite games with the same level of intensity against your buddies every day at any time! If you don’t have any poker buddies, then you can easily make some as well. If you’ve got a date with Lady Luck, then take her over to Big Fish Casino and make a small fortune today.
Big Fish Casino Review
- Review by David Galvin
Dave Galvin is a freelance writer and avid gamer. Somehow, he managed to find a way to combine the two passions.
When Video Poker Just Isn't Enough
Online casinos can typically be very intimidating to the layman. Luckily, Big Fish Casino aims to address that. It gives everyone who has a Big Fish account the opportunity to play assorted gambling games on a safe and secure server without the need to spend any money whatsoever.
It includes a healthy assortment of games, including blackjack, poker and the slots, and you can play them all with and against human players all over the world. While it certainly has its issues, Big Fish Casino is both an ambitious project and a godsend to gambling fans.
One Program, Five Games
Most online gambling games only include a single game to play. That's not the case at all here. Big Fish Casino has five games under its roof, which gives it the impression of being a real virtual casino. The games include a variety of slot machines, Texas hold'em, roulette, blackjack and Word Ace. There's no need to pick a favorite, all of them are available right from the start.
The games work as they should. With the slot machine, you just pull the lever and let Lady Luck decide the outcome. In blackjack, your goal is to form a sum that's as close to 21 as you can possibly get, doubling down if you think your chances look good. In Texas hold'em, you try to assemble the best hand possible from both the cards on the table and the ones in your hand. Roulette lets you place your bets on any color, multiple or specific number on the wheel. Finally, Word Ace plays akin to Texas hold'em; the only difference is that instead of forming a hand, you're trying to spell a good word from the lettered cards in the deck.
Games are played with a computer-controlled dealer and as many human players as the table will allow. It works about as well as most multiplayer gambling games. It's not a perfect substitute for physically playing with real people, as you lack the ability to bluff and read faces. However, it's a worthy tradeoff for the ease at which you can get a game started. For what it's worth, there are still techniques you can employ to trick the opposition into a false sense of security.
The slot machines have an interesting way of implementing multiplayer. They're still singleplayer, but while you're spinning the wheels, you'll be able to see all the other people that are trying their luck on the one-armed bandit. This demonstrates that the chips people put into the machines are the same one that will be coming out. Every time someone loses, the pot gets bigger. Even if your chances of scoring the jackpot are slim, it can still be interesting to see it grow in real time.
If there is an issue with Big Fish Casino, it's that it just kind of tosses you into things without giving you any time to take it all in. If you're unfamiliar with any of the games, don't expect the program to walk you through them. This even applies to Word Ace, which you aren't likely to find in any real casino.
More than that, the betting rounds can be frighteningly brief, especially in blackjack. This is obviously to keep things from slowing down, but a few more seconds added to the clock surely wouldn't have hurt too much.
You'll Never Play Alone
It doesn't take any effort to get a game going with other people. Big Fish Casino has a sizeable community; no matter what kind of game you play and no matter what table you sit at, chances are you'll find several people already there.
Additionally, Big Fish implemented some fairly in-depth social networking tools. Just about every game includes a chat box where you and your fellow players can discuss the current game in progress, chat about the weather, trash-talk, or do whatever else suits your fancy. If you meet people that you like, then you can just as easily add them to your friends list.
Making friends not only gives you access to good poker buddies; it can also add some much-needed convenience. If you run out of chips and you don't want to wait for them to restock, then your buddies can send some your way.
More than that, you don't even need to add people individually to your Casino friends list; if you're playing the game on an iOS device, then you can link your friends list on Big Fish Casino with the ones on your Facebook, Twitter or Game Center accounts. Sadly, this feature is lacking in the PC version, so you'll just have to make do with befriending people in-game if that's your platform of choice.
Your Place in the Community
Besides that, you have the usual bells and whistles that go with just about every online community. You can give yourself a distinct username and avatar that people identify you by. There are titles you can work up to as you play games and win chips. Finally, your profile will automatically record statistics, including the total number of blackjacks you've attained or your best played hands in poker. It's not necessary, but it can be amusing to see what your best personal victories were like.
Play Your Cards Right
If there's any aspect to Big Fish Casino that really deserves props, it's that it's very easy to play without ever spending any money. When you first activate it, you start out with a little over 20 thousand chips in your bank. This is a good enough pool for sampling everything and playing a lot of games. You can even make a few daring bets if you feel so inclined. The app will also throw free chips your way at set times, so you never need to worry about running out forever.
More chips can be bought with real money, but Big Fish Casino thankfully never tries to pull the hard sell approach. Once the app is fully loaded, nothing will interrupt your gambling. If you do blow through all your chips, then you will have to spend time or money to get them back. However, that kind of risk is part of gambling's natural charm.
Conclusion: It's a Winner
Overall, Big Fish Casino is a solid and fun casino simulator once you can get past the initial hurdle. You can enjoy numerous games, play them anytime and anywhere with people all over the globe, and potentially never pay a cent while you do so.
If you enjoy playing any sort of gambling game, it's at least worth making a Big Fish account just to check out Big Fish Casino.
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- Omben / Minuman (Indonesia)
- Pâi Hông (Thailand)
Introduction
The object is to collect books, which are sets of four cards of the same rank, by asking other players for cards you think they may have. Whoever collects most sets wins. The basic idea is very simple and they are often thought of as children's games.
So far as I know, games of this type first appeared in the mid 19th century and were played with special cards. In Britain there was Spade the Gardener, in which players collect families of five cards, later superseded by Happy Families, in which each family consists of four cards (mother, father, son, daughter). In the USA, the game of Dr Busby, also based on families, was first published in 1843, followed by Authors in 1861. I do not know whether these games were based on an earlier game played with standard cards, or whether the adaptation to use a standard pack came later.
Go Fish
This game is often just known as Fish, but the name 'Fish' (or Canadian Fish or Russian Fish) is also sometimes used for the more complex partnership game Literature. Go Fish is best for 3-6 players, but it is possible for 2 to play. A standard 52 card deck is used. The dealer deals 5 cards to each player (7 each for 2 players). The remaining cards are placed face down to form a stock.
The player to dealer's left starts. A turn consists of asking a specific player for a specific rank. For example, if it is my turn I might say: 'Mary, please give me your jacks'. The player who asks must already hold at least one card of the requested rank, so I must hold at least one jack to say this. If the player who was asked (Mary) has cards of the named rank (jacks in this case), she must give all her cards of this rank to the player who asked for them. That player then gets another turn and may again ask any player for any rank already held by the asker.
If the person asked does not have any cards of the named rank, they say 'Go fish!'. The asker must then draw the top card of the undealt stock. If the drawn card is the rank asked for, the asker shows it and gets another turn. If the drawn card is not the rank asked for, the asker keeps it, but the turn now passes to the next player to the left.
As soon as a player collects a book of 4 cards of the same rank, this must be shown and discarded face down. The game continues until either someone has no cards left in their hand or the stock runs out. The winner is the player who then has the most books.
Variations of Go Fish
Some people play that rather than asking for a rank, you must ask for a specific card. You must already hold at least one card of that rank. For example, you say: 'Tom, please give me the seven of diamonds'. If Tom has it he gives it and you get another turn. If he doesn't, he says 'Go Fish!' and you draw from the stock. In the unlikely event that you draw the seven of diamonds you get another turn; if you draw anything the turn passes to the left.
If you play this variation, you need to agree whether it is permissible to ask for a card which you already hold in your hand. Obviously you'll have to fish and your turn will end, but you might do this deliberately to mislead the other players into thinking that you didn't hold that card.
Some people play that when the stock runs out, you carry on playing until all the cards have been made into books. Obviously after the stock has run out there is no 'Go Fish!'. If the person you asked doesn't have the card asked for, the turn passes on.
Some people play that when a player runs out of cards, the play does not end, but the player draws a new hand of 5 cards from the stock (or the whole stock if fewer than 5 cards remain there).
Some people play that after a player fishes unsuccessfully, the turn passes to player who was asked and said 'go fish' rather than to the next player player to the left.
There are various ways of scoring. For example, you may play a series of hands, scoring one point for each book you make. The game continues until someone wins by reaching an agreed target score - for example, 10 points.
A few people score according to the cards in the books, for example 2-10 face value, 11 for jacks, 12 for queens, 13 for kings, 15 for aces.
Australian Fish
Paul Gardner-Stephen reports that in Australia a variant is often played in which the object is to collect pairs. 7 cards are dealt to each player from a 52-card pack. The player with most pairs plays first. At your turn you ask for a card matching one you have in your hand. All pairs must be put down as soon as they are obtained - you cannot hoard a pair in hand as a basis for asking for the other two matching cards. A player who runs out of cards draws a new hand of 7 cards from the undealt stock. Play continues until everyone has run out of cards, and players score a point for each pair they have made.
This game is sometimes played with special cards, and sometimes with a 54-card pack including two jokers, which act as normal cards forming a pair. Jonny Groves describes a similar game played in the USA, and suggests that a pair of jokers should be scored as 2 points rather than 1 since it is harder to make than other pairs. For similar reasons, collecting two pairs of the same rank should score 3 points rather than 2.
A variant Backstab Fish is played in Adelaide with 108 cards including four jokers. There are 4-10 players, 7 cards each are dealt and the aim is to make sets of four equal cards, suits being ignored. At your turn you ask a specific player for a specific number of cards of a rank of which you hold at least one: for example you could ask a player for three sixes if you hold a six. The player gives you the exact number of cards you asked for, if she has them: if not - for example if she only has two sixes - you have to draw a card from the stock and the turn passes to the player you asked. In this game you are not required to lay down four of a kind. You can keep them as a basis for asking for more cards of that rank, but if you do not put them down you may lose some or all of them if another player asks for them.
Omben / Minuman
The Indonesian version of Go Fish is known as Omben in Javanese or Minuman in Indonesian, both names meaning 'drink'. It is said to be best for two players, each of whom begins with a hand of 4 or 5 cards (according to agreement) drawn from a 52 card pack. The players take turns to ask their opponent for a rank, such as 8 or king, and the opponent must give the asker all cards of that rank that he or she holds. If the opponent has no such card the asker must 'drink' by drawing cards from the pile of undealt cards: the asker continues to draw until he or she finds a card of the rank that was asked for. Whenever a player has four of a kind in hand, it must be discarded face up. The winner is the first player to get rid of all their cards - it does not matter how many or few sets they have made. If the stock runs out, the player with fewer cards is the winner. Note that in this game the players ask alternately, irrespective of whether the card asked for is found in the other player's hand or the draw pile.
Authors
This is Go Fish without the stock pile. All the cards are dealt out as equally as possible to the players. A turn consists of asking a player for a rank (or a specific card if you play that version). If they have it your turn continues; if not the turn passes to the next player player to the left. As in Go Fish, you must have a card of the rank you asked for. Books of 4 cards are discarded. The game continues until all the cards are formed into books, and whoever gets most books wins - or you can score one point per book and play to a target score.
This game is called Authors in the USA, because it was originally played with special educational cards showing pictures of famous authors. These cards are still available and the idea has been extended to cards showing inventors, American presidents, explorers, baseball players and many other themes. A selection of different types of Authors cards is available from from amazon.com.
Happy Families
This British version of the game is played with a special pack of 44 cards depicting the mother, father, son and daughter of eleven families. Everyone contributes equally to a pool, all the cards are dealt, and the player to dealer's left begins. The player whose turn it is asks another player for a specific card; the asker must already hold at least one card of the same family. If the player asked has the card it must be handed over and the asker continues by asking the same or another player for another card. If the asked player does not have the wanted card they say 'not at home' and the turn passes to them (not to the left in this version). Completed families are placed face down in front of the owner. When all families are complete, the player with most wins half the pool.
The game then continues into a second phase, in which players ask for complete families. The winner of the first phase begins, and the player who manages to accumulate all eleven families wins the second half of the pool.
Some play a version in which a player asking for a card must say 'please', and a player receiving a card must say 'thank you'. Anyone who forgets to do this must give back the requested card (if it has been handed over) and the turn passes to the player they were asking.
Jacques Happy Families cards are available from amazon.com.
In the French Jeu des Sept Familles each family has six members including two grandparents, so that the seven families make up a 42-card pack.
Pâi Hông (ไพ่ห้อง)
This Thai game, whose name means 'room card', is essentially the same as Happy Families. It is played by 3 to 6 players using a standard 52-card pack. All the cards are dealt out as evenly as possible, and the aim is to collect fours of a kind. The player next to the dealer who received the first card in the deal begins. At your turn you ask another player for a specific card by rank and suit (e.g. 6 of diamonds): in order to ask for a card you must have a card of that rank in your hand. If the player you asked has the requested card you receive it and your turn continues. If not, the turn passes to the player you asked. A set of four equal cards is called a room (hông): a player who collects one of these can store the cards face down or keep them in hand. The game ends when all 13 rooms have been collected, and the player with most rooms wins.
Quartett
This is the German equivalent of Happy Families or Authors. Quartett can be played with a standard 32-card pack (A-K-D-B-10-9-8-7), as used for the German national game Skat. However, this is not longer usual as a huge variety of special Quartett packs are available. These mostly also consist of eight quartets and therefore 32 cards.Many different designs of cards have been made for this game from the late nineteenth to the present day, with various educational or other themes. German Quartett cards are often provided with technical statistics related to the theme of the pack, so that they can also be used to play Top Trumps, which in German is sometimes known as Supertrumpf, and sometimes include a Schwarzer Peter (Black Peter) card so that they can be used for the German equivalent of Old Maid.
Three or More Players
The cards are thoruoghly shuffled and dealt out to the players one at a time clockwise. Some players will have one more card than others, but this does not matter. The player to dealer's left begins by asking any other player for a specific card: 'Heini, do you have the king of hearts?'.
The player asking for a card must already hold at least one card of the same quartet. If the player who is hasked has the requested card, it must be given to the player who asked, who can then ask the same or another player for another card. If the player who is asked does not have the requested card, then the turn passes to that player, who now asks any player for a card. Whenever a player collects a complete quartet (four cards of the same rank when using standard cards), these are placed face up on the table. If this leaves the player without cards, the turn to ask passes to the next player to the left.
The winner is the player who has most quartets when all the cards have been laid down.
Two Players
Each player is dealt a hand of 10 cards and the remaining 12 cards are stacked face down on the table. A player who does not have the requested card draws one card from the stock before asking the opponent for a card. The remaining rules are the same as in the three-player game.
Quartett Cards
Many Quartett packs with various themes have been published. The variety is so great as to give ther impression that they are seen more as picture books or as collectible objects than as cards for a game. Leonhard Stork's catalogue Spielzeit – Bestimmungshandbuch für Quartett- und Peterspiele von 1880 bis heute (Playtime - identification handbook for Quartett and Black Peter cards from 1880 to the present), published in August 2000 and now out of print, listed 4800 different German Quartett and Black Peter packs.
German Quartett cards are often provided with technical statistics related to the theme of the pack, so that they can also be used to play Top Trumps, which in German is sometimes known as Supertrumpf, and sometimes include a Schwarzer Peter (Black Peter) card so that they can be used for the German equivalent of Old Maid.
Other Web Pages and Software
The site Cribbage.ca has a description of a French Canadian variation known as Merci, which is similar to Go Fish except that 10 cards each are dealt, and a player who forgets to say 'merci' (thank you) when being given the requested cards must return the cards and the turn passes to the player who was asked.
The collection HOYLE Card Games for Windows or Mac OS X includes a Go Fish program, along with many other popular card games.
Robert Schultz's World of Card Games offers an online Go Fish game.
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The Softgame Company's Funcrd Card Games program plays hearts, Spades, Cribbage and Go Fish.
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Mike's Cards includes a Go Fish program for Macintosh and Windows computers.