I was introduced to the game by an Austrian woman I dated in my 20s and 25 years later remains at the top of my list of party games.
Ligretto is a card game for two to twelve players. The game in its current form was designed by Michael Michaels and published in 1988 by the German company Rosengarten Spiele. Since 2000 the game has been published by Schmidt-Spiele of Berlin, Germany. - Wikipedia>
The cards take a beating and before Amazon existed it was much harder to get replacements. We tried regular playing cards, but that only works if every deck has different backs for scoring purposes. I think there was another issue in practice, but that was the main frustration.
Legretto
I was introduced to the game by an Austrian woman I dated in my 20s and 25 years later remains at the top of my list of party games.
That game looks pretty similar to a game I know as “Racing Demons”, played with regular playing cards
The cards take a beating and before Amazon existed it was much harder to get replacements. We tried regular playing cards, but that only works if every deck has different backs for scoring purposes. I think there was another issue in practice, but that was the main frustration.