Talk:Five Crowns (card game)

Sources

@Cunard, I feel that sources may exist for this one, do you see anything? BOZ (talk) 12:59, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Another user found a little: 2004 ASTRA Hot Toys, 2013 Family Choice Award (Junior version), semi-reliable Reich-Der-Spiele review, Good Game Guide review (possibly unreliable) BOZ (talk) 06:43, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). Here are some sources about the subject:

1. Burrell, Jackie (2020-07-24). "Life at home: 4 card games to play on hot summer days". The News Tribune. Mercury News. Archived from the original on 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2024-08-27 – via Newspapers.com.

   The review notes: "Five Crowns. Out of all the games we played last week — and we played a LOT — this award-winning five-suited riff on the rummy is our hands-down favorite. It's not new by any means, just new to us, and we have since made up for lost time. Like gin rummy, the goal is to collect sets of cards and fling down a final discard before your partner does. Unlike traditional rummy, this game uses a double deck with a fifth suit: stars. There are no aces or twos. The ethnically diverse royals are a handsome bunch. And there are wild cards out the wazoo."

2. French, Janet Beighle (1997-02-24). "New games help pass winter's waning hours" (pages 1 and 2). The Plain Dealer. Archived from the original (pages 1 and 2) on 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2024-08-27 – via Newspapers.com.

   The article notes: "Set Enterprises, in Fountain Hills, Ariz., has won many prizes for its games. Its latest is Five Crowns, for age 8 and up. The card game, featuring Renaissance royalty of varied ethnicity, has five suits - the usual four, plus stars, and six jokers, but no aces or deuces. Players try to form runs of three cards (such as 5, 6 and 7) or books, such as three queens. Either can be filled out with jokers or with wild cards that change with each new hand. To begin, each player receives three cards and threes are wild. Each player picks up and discards a card each round, until the first player can lay down all three cards. Those remaining in other hands count against those players. The second round, four cards are dealt and fours are wild. You work up to 13 cards with kings wild. ..."

3. Tipping, Joy (2012-06-01). "Staying In". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2024-08-27.

   The review notes: "Play Five Crowns, Set Enterprises, for ages 10 to adult, - This is a great family card game, a bit like rummy, in which kids can compete with adults and have a chance of winning, even if the adults aren't "helping" them. It's simple enough for younger kids, but also plenty challenging to keep teens and adults interested. A worthy opponent can come from behind and win even during the last hand."

4. Simons, Janet (1997-11-02). "Board Room Snowbound? Hunker down With a Great New Game". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2024-08-27.

   The article notes: "Five Crowns, two to seven players, Set Enterprises, $10. Instead of four suits with 52 cards, this variation on gin rummy offers five suits and six jokers in a deck of 116 cards. Advantages: If you enjoy rummy, you can enjoy it with as many as seven players. Disadvantages: It's still rummy."

5. Holmstrom, David (1997-12-12). "Replacing Toy Guns With Soft and Squishies". The Christian Science Monitor. ProQuest 405619784. Archived from the original on 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2024-08-27.

   The article notes: "Five Crowns: (Set Enterprises) A fast-paced card game with a wild card that changes with every hand. Just when it looks like a player will lose, the last hand can turn her into a winner. $10. (For adults too)"

6. Cobb, Linda (2002-09-18). "Floor yellowing might be permanent". Bristol Herald Courier. Archived from the original on 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2024-08-27 – via Newspapers.com.

   The article notes: "My research also led me to a game called Five Crowns, which uses a five-suited deck. The problem is that the decks do not have aces or deuces. That doesn't sound practical for poker, but if you want to give it a try, Five Crowns is made by Set Enterprises. Call (800) 351-7765 to order or to find a store near you. If you have a computer, check out www.setgame.com. Everywhere I looked for five-suited decks came back to those two options."

Cunard (talk) 10:33, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Excellent and thank you! :) I shall de-PROD this one and incorporate these later today. :) BOZ (talk) 11:24, 27 August 2024 (UTC)