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In Netrunner, players often draw cards from each other’s hands thus it’s important to shuffle regularly. I once played against somebody at a tournament who was doing it constantly and he told me that that was something he developed while playing Magic during his teens. I’m glad I’m not a true compulsive shuffler but I can truly imagine it being a thing with all these trick-taking games nowadays.
We’ve had three game nights/days this week! On Tuesday we played an upcoming game we cannot tell you anything about alas, but we thought it was cute and clever. Once the NDA has lifted, we’ll share more about it.
On Thursday night, we played a few games of Caution Signs and Love Letter. Everybody was in the mood for light games and our friends were curious about Caution Signs. And again, we have to say that everybody has really enjoyed playing the game so far even the ones who think they’re terrible at drawing! We ended the evening with a couple of games of Love Letter and not just any Love Letter, but the one we designed almost eight years ago for our wedding guests. It’s not Semi Co-op themed but it was just a fun little art style experiment. I still really like how it turned out!
This weekend we went hiking some more to train for our hiking vacation (need to get those kilometers in!) and did a lot of gardening. On Sunday, a friend came over and he and Heinze played an old version of Through the Ages. They started a simple game but did not finish it because they thought it lacked depth and one player was so far ahead that continuing for another hour would not be fun for either of them. After some homemade pizza, we played three games of Biblios! We’re still quite shocked that this version of the game doesn’t exist anymore and that Iello has ‘replaced’ it with “For the King (and Me)“. We’re glad we own the old version because we think it’s almost perfect even though I’m really bad at it, according to our statistics I’ve only won it once of the 24 logged plays, hahaha.
Chris
I’m not much of a shuffler.
John
No, but I am a compulsive sleever.
Ace
I don’t shuffle, but unless I’m very unfamiliar with the concept of the game, or it’s Ticket to Ride, I don’t order the cards in my hand either. Used somewhat to trying to disguise how many of a certain type of card I might have. Not from a specific game, just trying to maintain staying used to it.
RS
Imagine playing Hanabi with such compulsive habbit…
I myself am not that kind of a person.
Ricardo
First thing my mind went to. I know I had the urge to, the first time I played Hanabi.
Ricardo
It’s quite interesting to see how many people have picked up these competitive habits from MtG as well. Since you provide a decent chunk of information to an observant player if you play out a card you just drew, or one from your hand, you’ll often do a little shuffle after drawing.
It’s probably rarely relevant, but many MtG players pick up such habits from each other.