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Literature isn’t your typical adult, group-play card game. Comparable to the classic children’s game of Go Fish, the rules are much more complex. A good Literature (Canadian Fish) strategy takes time and inherent skills to master. Unless playing in a purely casual setting, it’s not the best game choice for everyone. Before I get...

Literature is a popular, exciting and mentally challenging card game that’s played right here in Canada, and many other parts of the world. Although the precise history of Literature is not clear, there are several known facts, as well as some educated guesses that can be theorized based on those facts. Theoretical and Known...

Literature—a.k.a. the adult version of Go Fish, or as some know it, Canadian Fish—is played in many different regions of the world (under various other names). Being so wide spread, it’s no surprise that there are so many different Literature rule variations in circulation. More Ways to Play Literature (Canadian Fish) I could spend...

Literature is, in essence, a fancy name for an adult version of the popular children’s card game, Go Fish. As such, it’s commonly known as Canadian Fish in the Great White North. It’s also known by a few other names, such as Happy Families, Russian Fish, or simply Fish. Don’t worry! Although based on...

You know the rules of Rummy 500 (aka 500 Rummy). You’ve got a little experience under your belt. Now, you want to know how to win. Rummy 500 is a simple game to learn, but not so easy to master. Our goal today is to give you enough strategy tips to help increase your...

It is said that Rummy can be traced back hundreds of years, derived from Chinese gaming culture. However, Rummy isn’t a single card game. It is, in reality, a vast category of games, all of which involve the basic concepts of “drawing, discarding, and melding” special groups of cards. Rummy 500‘s history actually dates...

They say there’s more than one way to skin a cat. While I’m not sure why that’s such a popular adage, it definitely applies to the game of Rummy 500. In a previous segment, we covered the complete, traditional rules of the game. This time, we’ll discuss a multitude of extensions and rule variations...

Rummy 500 is a very well known card game that’s extremely popular throughout Canada, the US, and beyond. Part of the Melding Family of card games, players strive to play, or meld, cards in their hand for points, receiving negative points for unmelded cards. The game goes by a wide range of names. The...

For the most part, Canadian Salad is a game of chance. There are anywhere from 6 to 12 rounds of play, each with more than enough opportunities to fall behind in the count—especially the last round, where 500+ penalty points will be served. However, as with most games of chance, there are some tactics...

Almost anyone who’s ever played Canadian Salad will tell you it’s one of the most entertaining card games of all time. A compendium game with anti-trick catching rules and variable penalty points, there are quite a few ways to play it these days. Canadian Salad history isn’t too well known, but one thing is...