I know it's an old game, but when you show people's hands and they contain cards less than 9, it's obvious you aren't playing pinochle or even euchre. Somehow we can't even manage a few frames of believable pinochle for our under-informed audience.
Ian Fleming managed to weave the intricacies of bridge into his novels, as that was the game of the times. He walked us through the most critical hands and how they could be beat with a stacked deck (which Bond did).
Seriously, card games are most analogous to superhero battles, as you only have so many cards to play, and timeliness matters. You make decisions which sometimes involve risk, and sometimes involve calculated certain. Respect is in order.
Ian Fleming managed to weave the intricacies of bridge into his novels, as that was the game of the times. He walked us through the most critical hands and how they could be beat with a stacked deck (which Bond did).
Seriously, card games are most analogous to superhero battles, as you only have so many cards to play, and timeliness matters. You make decisions which sometimes involve risk, and sometimes involve calculated certain. Respect is in order.
