quicko: 500

So there's this fantastic game called 500 they play here. It's got the same basic premise as euchre, but it's played with 43 cards (including a joker!) instead of 24, and is really a lot more fun. The scoring's a lot different (you bet on how many tricks you can take first; if you win the bet you call trump and get the kitty) -- whoever makes it to 500 first wins, unless the other team makes it to -500 first, in which case they lose, which pretty much amounts to the same thing for you.