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FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | JUNE 2020 47 Just in case: Check with your club contact to confirm meeting place, date, and time. Join us for an afternoon of friendship and fun while playing a game of Hand and Foot Canasta. We meet Thursdays in the RCN Main Room from 12:45 to 4 pm. Table assignments are distributed at 12:45 pm. Each week you may play with someone different, giving you an opportunity to meet new friends and/or visit with old friends. We supply the cards, so just bring yourself and a desire to have fun. If you don't know how to play, we are always happy to set up a teaching table — by the end of the afternoon you will have mastered the game. Come join us. ~ Pam Morales Three Thirteen At this point, I wonder if we'll ever be back playing cards the way we used to — you know, the old-fashioned way? Four people sit at a table, shuffle the cards, deal them, and play. When we do get back together again, will our civil behavior remain intact or will we be crazed and looney? Oh wait, that sounds like our group before COVID-19. How I miss the good old days. Hopefully soon, group members, hopefully soon. Until we can meet again, stay safe, stay healthy. In case you want to try the game at home, the rules of the game are simple. The game is played in 11 rounds, from threes to Kings. Players meld, using sets and runs of at least three cards. Starting with round one, each player gets three cards and threes and jokers are wild. With each subsequent round, one more card is added. So in round two, each player receives four cards and the fours and jokers are wild. Round three, five cards and fives and jokers are wild. This repeats through round 11 in which players receive 13 cards and Kings and jokers are wild. Aces are low and never played as a high card. In each round, the player to first lay all cards down (and a discard) receives no points. The remaining players then lay down their cards — either on the first player's cards or with their own runs and/or sets. Any cards left in a player's hand are then counted. Aces are one point, threes to nines are face value, and 10s and face cards are 10 points each. The player with the least amount of points wins the game. Hopefully you will give Three Thirteen a try, either at home or in the Game Room at 3 pm on the first and third Tuesday of this month. If the stay-at-home order is still in effect or if we are advised it's not safe to congregate, then we won't. If you have any questions or want a score sheet emailed to you, contact Mike Corbett at micedcor1@ gmail.com. ~ Mike Corbett Bunco We play every second and fourth Friday at 1 pm in the RCN Main Room. Bunco is very easy to play and it's a great way to meet new friends. For more information, contact Bre Moreland at Bredyluv@ gmail.com. ~ Bre Moreland Uptown Divas Bid Whist Uptown Divas Bid Whist Group meets on the first and third Friday every month from 2 to 4 pm in the Game Room. ~ Deborah Garner, kenyakiki@aol.com Phase 10 We meet every second Monday and every third Saturday at 3 pm in The Lodge Game Room. For more information, contact Cheri Howard at (951) 756-1216. ~ Cheri Howard Canasta Dominoes Well, May has come and gone and the coronavirus is still with us. At this time, we do not know when we can play dominoes or shoot pool again. Both of these games are difficult to play with social distancing and having to wear masks. I know that many of you just like me miss playing the games and interacting with one another. But until this virus stops killing, infecting, and making us sick, we all have to stay home as much as possible. Hopefully, in time things will get better but for now everyone just has to be patient. Until then follow the rules, be safe, wear your masks, and pray like me. God bless everyone. For more information, call Jesse at (951) 769-2035 or Reggie at (951) 743-3584. ~ Marvin Gaines Bridge For Fun These sure are challenging times we live in. I'm sure none of us ever thought we would be quarantined in our homes. Hopefully, by the time this issue of the Breeze is published, we will be resuming many of our activities here at Four Seasons. All of us in the Bridge for Fun group are looking forward to the time we can once again play bridge and enjoy each other's company. Once things get somewhat back to normal we hope you will join us for a friendly game or come by and check it out to see if it is a game you would like to learn. We meet in the card room on Wednesdays at noon. For more information contact Verina Rector at 951-769-1687. ~ Tom Halley Marvin masked at home (not at the beach)

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