What is this card game?

[Caraway]

I saw a couple playing a card game in Starbucks and am hoping that someone can identify what game they were playing.  Appeared to be a standard deck of cards, two players.  Each player had four (?) cards in front of them, face down, in an upside down T formation.  They could (at least periodically) look at their table cards.  There was a draw pile between them.  On some turns player A would take one of player B's table cards and replace it with one of their cards or vice versa.

Any ideas?

[desertflower]

Sounds like rat-a-tat cat.  But when we play the cards are just lined up in a horizontal fashion. But I guess one can play it in a t formation.

Just an idea. It may not be what they were playing.

 

[Kareni]

Like desertflower, I also thought Rat-A-Tat-Cat; however, we also place our four cards in a line.

Regards,

Kareni

[Caraway]

3 hours ago, desertflower said:

Sounds like rat-a-tat cat.  But when we play the cards are just lined up in a horizontal fashion. But I guess one can play it in a t formation.

Just an idea. It may not be what they were playing.

 

 

This looks like it might be it.  Thanks!!!

[Caraway]

1 hour ago, Kareni said:

Like desertflower, I also thought Rat-A-Tat-Cat; however, we also place our four cards in a line.

Regards,

Kareni

 

I agree that it sounds like the game I saw.  I have never heard of it before.  Thanks!!

[Kareni]

There's another game I stumbled across today that mentions being based on Golf, @kand. It's called Cabo.

Regards,

Kareni

[vonfirmath]

On 1/18/2020 at 3:47 PM, Kareni said:

Like desertflower, I also thought Rat-A-Tat-Cat; however, we also place our four cards in a line.

Regards,

Kareni

 

My kids love Rat-a-Tat-Cat. But we place our cards in a line. Was there constricted area on the table?