The outcome of our childhood was the perfect game, so good in fact that it is still being played today. The greatest contribution of childhood creativity to casino gaming is the card game War.

1. WAR - a casino card game

2. The best thing about being a kid is the limitless
world that our imagination lives in. At one point
or another we invent flying cars, take down fiery
dragons and blow up entire cities. For the ladies
among us, we get married umpteen times, plan
and execute the greatest tea parties ever, and fly
at least one unicorn.
During this age of invention the possibilities are
endless. We did things impossible, regenerating
limbs lost in battle and pour unfathomable
amounts of tea from a two inch teapot. We made
up songs and invented games and life was what it
should be.

3. But what of this age has carried through with us
into adulthood? Let’s focus now on a casino card
game.
As a child we surely had the opportunity to play
card games, but they were all flawed in some way,
some too long, some too complicated and others
plain boring. It’s for this reason that there are no
junior bridge leagues. We took it upon ourselves
to develop a game simple in its nature and quick
in its outcome so that we could teach and play
with even the youngest of our play pals.

4. The outcome of this was the perfect game, so
good in fact that it is still being played today. The
greatest contribution of childhood creativity to
casino gaming is the card game War.
The point of War is to outdraw your opponent.
Two cards are dealt, one for the player and one
for the dealer. The highest card wins. If there is a
tie where the player and dealer draw cards with
the same value then the player is presented with
two options. Fold or War.
The strategy in this game is rather straight
forward.

5. Why anyone would want to fold in this
circumstance I will never know. I think that this
rule was invented as a trick option designed to
confuse the younger players still new to the
game, or to exploit any kind of superstitious
tendencies that a player may exhibit. There is
simply no value in folding your card in this game
– they don’t call it War for nothing.
The best option when faced with a tie is always to
War. War is pretty much the most complicated
part of this game, however it remains very simple.

6. When at war with the dealer, the dealer and player
are dealt three cards each, these three cards
remaining face down.
A fourth card is then dealt to both the dealer and
the player and the person with the highest fourth
card value wins the war.
Simple.
These rules must seem familiar – this is exactly
the card game that kids end up playing upon
receiving their first deck of cards. As simple as it
is effective, the casino card game War has stood
the test of time.

7. The next time you’re in a casino’s card room and
find yourself inexplicably attracted to the War
tables, thank your inner child for teaching you the
rules at such a young age. And thank your grown
up self for remembering them. Because what that
means is that when you sit down at the table and
declare War on the dealer, you’ve got all the
experience in the world.
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