Yes, this card game is played in my neck of the woods, in NE Iowa.Around here, it's called "Nickels," and the jokers are retained, andare also wild. I've played it once or twice, but I don't recall ifaround here it is played with one deck or two. Another local rule, notalways played, is that after the round with kings wild, there is afinal hand with two ranks wild-- aces and deuces? I'm not sure. BeforeI moved here, I had never heard of this game before.Jim Ninesmith-------------------------------------------- "Discursive reason makes a good servant, but a poor master." --George Santayana--------------------------------------------
Not many card games can evoke the coolness of the 1930's and 1940's jazz era quite like the game Tonk. Members of Duke Ellington's band recall playing Tonk frequently. Musician Billy Strayhorn supposedly composed a song about the game. While Tonk may not be as well known as other card games, it is still widely played today. The game is considered a nickel card game and plays much like the way knock rummy card games are played. While many people have added their own variations to the game, the basic rules are still the same.
Nickel Nickel Card Game Rules
The player that manages to get rid of his hand first or have the lowest value of unmatched cards is the winner. Players that get rid of their hand without placing a final card on the discard pile will get a tonk. The player receives two times the stake. Players that win by discarding their final cards onto the discard pile will win the normal stake. Players can stop the game at the beginning of their turn by laying their cards face up on the table. The player that stops the game claims that he has the lowest point value in cards than the other players. If the player that has stopped the game does not have the lowest point value in cards, he must pay two times the stake to everyone with an equal or lower point value.
This game has eleven rounds. The first dealer is chosen at random and the turn to deal passes to the left after each round. In the first round three cards are dealt to each player, in the second round four cards are dealt and so on until the eleventh and last round in which thirteen cards each are dealt. The remainder of the cards are placed face down on the table to form a stock pile. The top card of the stock is being flipped face up and put beside the stock pile to start the discard pile.
Our policy has always been to charge everyone that wishes to be admitted to Nickel Mania. This straightforward policy has been helpful in establishing a safe, trouble-free, and enjoyable facility. The Nickel Mania environment has been developed as an adult and child playground of sorts. We want to attract adults as well as children to our nickel arcade facility.
We do not rent out our entire facility during times that we are normally open to the public. We will open prior to normal operating hours for Schools, Day Cares, Youth Groups, or large events with advanced reservations. Rates for such events are the same as our group rates plus nickel usage.
We thank you for your continued support of our small locally owned business. We are committed to the safety of our guests and employees. We will continue to do everything we can to ensure a safe and fun experience at Nickel City. For any questions, please email info@nickelcitygames.com or call 847-559-8727. Thank you
Nickel bingo is a game that is played with a deck of 52 playing cards. The object of the game is to score as many points as possible by matching the number on one of the cards in the deck with the number on another card.
There are several variations of nickel bingo, including international, US, and UK versions. In international nickel bingo, each player starts with five cards, and the first player to score 10 points wins the game.
In US nickel bingo, each player starts with four cards, and the first player to score 20 points wins the game. In UK nickel bingo, each player starts with three cards, and the first player to score 40 points wins the game.
The biggest difference between these variations is how many cards are used in each game. International nickel bingo uses five cards, US nickel bingo uses four cards, and UK nickel bingo uses three cards.
Just like my popular copper plating instructable, the aim of this is to do high quality, low cost, and safe electroplating. We will also be making our own electrolyte from scratch instead of buying chemicals online. If you've looked at my copper plating tutorial, note that the process here is different. The nickel will not dissolve very well if at all in the vinegar without special help and adding hydrogen peroxide will destroy your electrolyte. Nickel plating can be used for a variety of different things. - It creates a corrosion resistant coating that will protect the base metal from oxidizing and rusting. It is frequently used in food processing to prevent contamination with iron. - It can increase the hardness and thus the durability of mechanical parts and tools. - It can allow you to solder to difficult metals. - It can create a variety of beautiful decorative finishes that range from a chrome-like gleam, to brushed stainless steel color, to a metallic black. It just so happens that black nickel plating is used frequently in aerospace applications - In thicker platings, it can make the object magnetic. To get different finishes and properties, you may need to add other chemicals and metals to your plating solution (see the Post Prep stage). These chemicals will change the way the atoms arrange themselves and/or add other metals to your plating. If you are looking for corrosion-resistance, do not add any other chemicals to your electrolyte as they may cause the end plating to stain or tarnish. I unfortunately haven't had the time to work out cool combinations, so feel free to experiment and report back! For a copper plated finish, be sure to check out my copper plating instructable :) -Quality-Copper-Plating/On another note, I LOVE your questions! I have noticed that a few folks are asking the same questions, so I've added a "Common Questions" step/slide/section/whatchamacallit at the end of this instructable. Take a look there to get quick answers to most of the questions you might have. If you have a new one, comment below and I'll be happy to answer it and add it to my step/slide/section/whatchamacallit :D A quick disclaimer - nickel acetate, the chemical we will be making, is poisonous. The title "High Quality (and Safe) Nickel Plating" is referring more to the fact that you don't need to play with insanely powerful acids that will burn your skin or ask you to open batteries. In the concentrations we will be working with, the process is fairly safe. However, do NOT drink the solution and be sure to wash your hands after plating and properly wipe down any surfaces that come near or into contact with your plating solution. Always supervise kids. That said, enjoy!
Nearly all of the supplies can be found at your local supermarket. Finding a pure source of nickel is a little trickier, but should not cost more than a couple dollars. To keep from draining your battery in later steps, I very highly suggest finding an AC/DC power supply around the house.Materials you can find at your local supermarket: >Distilled Vinegar - 5% acidity or higher (grocery) >Salt (grocery) >Mason jar (canning) >6V Lantern Battery (camping) >Alligator Leads (electrical) >Nitrile gloves (pharmacy or DIY) >Paper towels (paper products) >Cameo Stainless Steel and Aluminum Cleaner (cleaning supplies)Materials you will likely need to buy online, at a good hardware/welding supply store, or a music shop: Pure Nickel - You can get this a few different ways. I bought my nickel in the form of two 4oz plates on eBay for $5, a good hardware store should carry nickel welding rods, and most music shops will carry Ernie Ball "Pure Nickel" guitar strings. You can also try to remove the nickel windings from old guitar strings if you are strapped for cash. It takes a bit of time, wire cutters, and pliers, but it can be done. Note that most nickel-wound strings contain a steel core that will pollute your electrolyte (Ernie Ball "Pure Nickel" strings should be pure nickel). You can also try to use solid nickel door knobs and the like. I would warn you to be careful when trying this because a good chunk of "nickel" decorative items are plated themselves.Optional, but highly recommended materials (also at the supermarket or a local electronics store): A higher voltage, DC power supply - I am using an old 13.5V laptop charger. You can use "wall warts" (the ugly black AC/DC power supplies that come with some consumer electronics) or an old ATX (computer) power supply. Just make sure that it does, in fact, output DC. A fuse holder A fuse that is rated slightly less than the max current rating on your power supply.
It is definitely possible to buy different nickel salts online, but where is the fun in that? Here, I'll show you to make your own nickel acetate solution for a lot cheaper than buying chemicals online. Fill your mason jar with distilled vinegar leaving about an inch from the top. Dissolve a pinch or so of salt into the vinegar. The amount of salt is not all that important as long as you don't go crazy with it. The purpose of the salt is to increase the electrical conductivity of the vinegar. The more current that flows through it, the faster we can dissolve the nickel. Be careful though, too much current will lead to an over saturated solution which will lead to poor plating results. Use sparingly. Unlike in the copper plating instructable I've done, the nickel will not dissolve into the solution just by letting it sit for a while. We need to electro-dissolve the nickel. Place two pieces of pure nickel into the vinegar and salt solution such that part of both stick out and into the air and that they don't touch. Connect an alligator lead from the positive terminal of your battery (or a DC power supply) to on of the nickel electrodes. Do the same from the negative terminal to the other electrode. Make sure that the alligator clips don't touch the vinegar so they don't contaminate the final product. The nickel source connected to the negative lead should start to create hydrogen bubbles and the positive lead should make oxygen bubbles. Truth be told, a very minute amount of chlorine gas (from the salt) will also form on the positive lead, but unless you put in huge amount of salt or are using a lot of voltage, the chlorine will just dissolve into the water like what you find in a swimming pool. The minute amounts of sodium, in case you are wondering, will react with the water to create sodium hydroxide.For this step, I very highly suggest using a DC power supply that plugs into the wall (see the previous step). Dissolving the nickel will take a while and you don't want to drain your battery more than you need to - DC power supplies are reusable, most batteries are not. After a little while (mine took about two hours), you'll notice the solution has turned a light green. This is your nickel acetate solution! Woot! If you get blues, reds, yellows, or any other color, it means that your nickel source wasn't pure. The end product should be a clear green - if cloudy, your have an impure nickel source. 2ff7e9595c
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