Welcome To PLAYNERTZ.com - Taking Nertz To New Levels! Nertz is the fastest and most exciting card game out there but it's also the most underated. Let's see how many Nertz players we can find. Round up your friends and family and join your fellow Nertz players in The National Nertz Association.
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Nertz Gifts and Merchadise!Get your Nertz gifts and apparel at The Nertz Store. Just click "The Nertz Store" link for Nertz shirts, bags, stickers, mugs, and more. There are a number of great Nertz gifts to give to your family and friends. Great Gifts for the Holidays!
Play Nertz Tournaments Online!Let's see who's got game. The NNA now has a NNA Members room at Games.com so that you can play Nertz for free! NNA members Sara Paseka, Jill Younker-Sny, Meg Holko, and Katie McClain recently became Nertz champions. Will you be the next person invited to the Tournament of Champions? Register for the next free online Nertz tournament for your chance at Nertz fame. Also, check out the tournament Stat Tracker on the "Online Tournaments" page!
Start Your Own Tournaments!Are you getting the recommended dosage of Nertz? Start your own Nertz league or tournament and we will post a link to your events. Just contact us to have a link to your Nertz league, tournament group, or score pages posted here. (Facebook event pages are a great way to organize your events.)
Find New Playing Cards!Find fun playing cards for Nertz games by clicking on the "Playing Cards" link. A growing selection of unique decks can help you spice up your nertz games. Elvis decks, Coca~Cola decks, Disney decks, clear decks, and much more!
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PLAYNERTZ.COM: From learning the history of Nertz to discovering the many ways to play, playnertz.com provides the most information about Nertz on the web making it your Nertz information headquarters. Feel free to scroll down to learn more about Nertz and the NNA.
NERTZ HISTORY: Nertz is an enigma in the world of card games. The most fascinating aspect of this game is how it has remained an underground cult-like classic for over 70 years. There are numerous reasons that this game has not made it to the mainstream of society. Unfortunately those same reasons are also why we have yet to find a single known inventor or place of origin for Nertz. The National Nertz Association's research of the game of Nertz has found that the people who play this game have a lot of pride in the way they play it. Depending on the region in which this game is played, the rules, terms, and even the name itself, all vary. This makes it difficult to determine an original variation and just as difficult to find credible pioneers. If you were to take a poll, it would be accurate to say that the majority of the polled general public would not have a clue of what Nertz is. Amazingly despite the scattered and random way in which it has been spread, Nertz players can be found from the UK to Mexico, Pennsylvania to California, Texas to Utah, Russia to Brazil, Canada to Germany and almost everywhere in between.
We do have some ancestry of Nertz. We can conclude that it is a direct descendant of the Solitaire family of card games. Unlike the typical card games that can be found in this family, Nertz is fast, competitive, and played with more than two people. Within the last 30 years the game Speed (also known as Double Solitaire or Spit) has crossed into mainstream America. This is the only other real-time card game that we are aware of. Still this game is only played by two people and one deck of cards. It is doubtful that the game Speed was the inspiration for Nertz, since we have known about Nertz for at least 70 years. Also, Nertz may have drawn inspiration from single player card games like Canfield and Demon Solitaire because of a close relation in the games' setup. Nertz has been passed through families and friends for generations all the while being modified, added to, and changed to suit the different groups that have learned it. The slight modifications these groups of people have made over the years has spawned countless variations of Nertz. Since all of these variations have rules so similar to one another we can only assume that all these variations had to have come from an original version. Sadly many proud Nertz players claim they play the original version but have little evidence to support them. The truth is we probably will never know what the original version was. In addition, there is a good chance that the original version may not have had a set of rules as complete as the variations of Nertz we play today. Nertz has survived over the years because it is a "One-of-a-Kind" card game. This card game is the only multi-player, multi-deck, real-time card game in existence. These qualities mixed with the speed, strategy, and skill required to play this game creates the perfect recipe for addiction. One thing that we do know for sure about the game of Nertz is that it continues to grow in popularity. It shouldn't be long until it crosses into mainstream society with the aid of the many enthusiastic Nertz players all across the globe.
ABOUT NERTZ:
Nertz is commonly known to others as Hell, Nerts, Pounce, Peanuts, Racing Demon, and Squinch.
The following is a list of the alternate names that have been submitted by smaller groups of players: Ace Out, Coot, Crunch, Drats, Flip Flip, Gluck, Grouch, Hallelujah, Hoorah, Hurtigkabal("Quick Solitaire" in Dutch), Knertz, Lucky Thirty, Maxcards, Mertz, Moofles, Nerds, Nerdz, Nerf, Nerks, Nirche, Nirts, Nirtz, Nurts, Nurtz, Nuts, Nutsy, Nutz, Popeye, Race Horse Rummy, Scrimble Scramble, Scooge, Scrooge, Scrub, Snerds, Squeak, Squeal, Squid, Stop, Swish, and The Race Game.
Solitaire Frenzy, Ligretto, and Dutch Blitz are well known retail game sets inspired by the free version of Nertz. Perpetual Commotion, Wackee Six, and NayJay! are also Nertz inspired game sets that have been recently developed. Though not related to Nertz, Rook playing card decks are often used in certain religious sects of Nertz players. Nertz Solitaire, Solitaire Race(free), eNerts(trial), and Nerts High Speed Card Game are some of the Nertz-inspired computer games available online. Ligretto also has a free computer version available.
THE NATIONAL NERTZ ASSOCIATION: The National Nertz Association (NNA) is an organization committed to the growth and welfare of the game of Nertz. The NNA is the national governing body for the game of Nertz and the recognized leader in promoting and developing the game's growth in the United States. We strive to grow Nertz at every level with a goal of making the game accessible to everyone. We support numerous events and programs designed to help people learn the game, play the game, and benefit from its many recreational and social qualities. The NNA was unofficially formed in 2004 following the publication of the first Official Nertz Rulebook. After some serious deliberations, the NNA went online in January 2007 opening PLAYNERTZ.com and the NNA up to the public.
OUR GOALS: To continually spread the game of Nertz until it is nationally recognized as a common household game. To protect the integrity of Nertz, ensuring that it is kept fun and pure. To make sure our members are happy with the services and information we provide.
HOW YOU CAN HELP: Play Nertz as much as possible. Teach the game to as many people as you can. Refer your friends to our site. Ask people if they have heard of Nertz and enlighten them if they haven't.
NERTZ VARIATIONS: The NNA has discovered many fun and exciting ways to play Nertz. Since there are no other card games that come close to being compared with it, Nertz is in a category of it's own. Within this Nertz category though, many variations can be found. Take a look at some different ways to spice up a Nertz game that have been provided by our growing member base.
VARIATIONS CAN DIFFER BY :
- Name
- The terminology used
- How many River columns it's played with
- How many cards are put in the Nertz pile
- Whether the Nertz pile is dealt facing up or down
- How many Stream cards are flipped at a time
- Giving certain cards the power to change the numerical direction in which the Lake piles are played
- The value of a called "Nertz", Nertz cards, and Lake cards
- Whether or not the hand score is kept track of or if the "games won" count determines a winner
- Whether players are allowed to play with both hands at a time or just one hand.
- Choosing to play Singles, Doubles(or both), Mandatory Mixed Gender Doubles, or Rotating Partner Games.
- The way partners are chosen and how the winners are determined in rotating partner games.
- Whether you are allowed to play from both ends of your piles.
- Choosing to handicap certain a team or player.
- How penalties are enforced for breaking the rules.
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