the card game in episode 40

[ajk]

Did anybody recognize the gambling game that was being played at the parlor in this episode? They were using long, thin cards that seemed to be made of a thin wood--definitely thicker than regular playing cards. No big deal; certainly not crucial to understanding the episode; I was just curious.

[kathleen34]

Yes, I did notice and I thought it was far more civil than throwing rocks at one another .... although the old 'card-up-the-sleeve trick' prompted some expected male bonding

[TheBo]

Jul 22, 2008 15:23:19 GMT -5 ajk said:

Did anybody recognize the gambling game that was being played at the parlor in this episode? They were using long, thin cards that seemed to be made of a thin wood--definitely thicker than regular playing cards. No big deal; certainly not crucial to understanding the episode; I was just curious.

ajk, I did not see it but I've seen something similar in Immortal Yi Sun-shin--he had some sticks in a cup on his desk and he would toss them onto the desk to tell his fortune. Also, I believe there is a game similar to what you are describing in modern dramas, where everyone sits around and gambles on the floor, and they throw these long sticks to get their "hand." I saw this in "Who's My Love" and also (maybe) in "Old Maid Diary"--but I may be misremembering. Old people would play it. But I don't know the name.

Bo

[kathleen34]

Bo, these were more like bookmarks ... just flat pieces of wood with writing on it. They were not sticks. I hope we can find out what that game was.

[Candylover]

Maybe, the game was 'too-jeon,' which could be traslated into 'fight of bookmarks' although they were not bookmarks. It needs 80 'bookmarks' and was very popular during the Chosun dynasty.
Kathleen34, I totally agree with you - 'Bookmarks fight' is far more civil than 'stone fight.'
TheBo, what you saw in IYSS and 'Who's My Love' are different from these bookmarks.