Octopus

“Damn the octopus to hell,” Grandfather would say as he taught this little game to Mason and me on the old docks in Massachusetts. Great, Great Grandfather had taught it to him, having invented it with his fellow seamen on the very fishing boat we sat beside. 

Grandfather wasn’t a gambler. He said he liked the game because it reminded him to take risks, but to never forget to be humble. The best men, he told us, found the right balance of both.

A simple push-your-luck poker variant inspired by Scott Huntington's BREAK IN and Nintendo Game & Watch game OCTOPUS. Playable with your grandfather's deck of playing cards and a way to keep score.