Different Card Games

Apr 03, 2020 Golf is an easy card game for 2-4 players. Each player has four cards in front of them and the object of the game is to get your 4 cards to total a lower score than your opponent’s 4 cards.

A single deck a cards can provide hours of entertainment for players of all ages. Card games are more than a rainy day past time. They refine mental skills like logic, observation, and memory. Whether it's a solo game of solitaire or a fast paced multi-player game, card games are enjoyed the world around.


Authors
Authors was originally played using special cards with authors and their book titles printed on them. Today it is played with a standard deck. It is also known as Happy Families.

  • Commercial games (games requiring a special pack of cards produced by a single manufacturer) Solitaire / Patience games (games for one player) Invented games (newly created games and variations contributed by readers).
  • In a 52-card deck, you’ll find a near-infinite number of games to choose from for your entertainment and amusement. The hearts, spades, diamonds, and clubs on standard playing cards are familiar to.
  • Any 3-card hand would lose to any Badugi, but it would still beat any two- or one-card hands, in addition to some three-card, as well.In this game, the best possible hand would be A-2-3-4 in different suits, making the worst hand K-K-K-K.


Barnyard Snap
All the fun of Snap with an animal noise twist. A simple, fast paced game that is lots of fun for even the youngest kids.


Blackout
A multi-player card game for seasoned players, Blackout teaches concepts like trumping and bidding.


Blink
Blink is one of the most fast paced, quick thinking card games where keen observation and a quick hand will help you succeed.


Card Dominoes
Is a fun and simple card game that can be enjoyed by all ages with standard deck of cards. It is also known as Sevens, Parliamnent, and Fan Tan
Catch the Ten


Chase the Ace
Chase the Ace is a quick playing simple card game that uses as standard deck of cards and can be enjoyed by children as well as adults.


Comet
A sequencing game that can be won or lost in an instant.

Commerce
A simple three card poker style game that teaches players about rank and suit.

Concentration
The game where a good memory, observation skills, and a little luck will be the keys to your success. This game is also known as Memory and Pelmanism.

Crazy Eights
Crazy Eights also known as Switch, Eights, and Swedish Rummy is a fast paced blend of luck and skill. It can be played with a standard deck of cards or one of the many specialty decks available.

Games

Go Boom is a fun and easy game for 2 or more players of all ages that's played using a standard 52 card deck.

Go Fish
Go fish is a classic card matching game that can be enjoyed by everyone. It is often the go to game for little kids and their grandparents.

I Doubt It
I Doubt It is a fun group game that tests players bluffing skills

Linger Longer
The game that tests players staying power.

Memory
The game where concentration, good observation and memory will be the key to winning. This game is also known as Concentration, Pelmanism, Shinkei-suijaku, Pexeso and Pairs.

My Ship Sails
The fast paced game where collecting seven of a suit sets you ship sailing.

Old Maid
Old Maid also known as Pass the Lady is an easy to learn, fun and short playing game. The are many Old Maid specialty decks available, but the game can just as easily be played with a standard deck of cards.

Pig
Pig is a very simple and enjoyable game that can be played by a large number of players. Up to 13 players can play using a standard deck of 52 cards.

Pisha Pasha
Pisha Pasha is a War for players who prefer to send multiple soldiers into battle.

Sequence Sequence is a simple game in which players build suits of cards in sequential order. Suitable for all ages.


Sevens


Slap Jack
Quick eyes and even faster hands will be your key to success in this fun kids card game.


Snap
Snap is a fun game for kids to learn and play. It is loud, lively, quick and easy.


Snip Snap Snorem
The loud, rowdy, fast and fun card matching game.


Solitaire
Solitaire refers to a variety of single player games using a standard deck of 52 cards. Many of the classic solitaire games played in the United States are actually variations of a game named Klondike. It is a simple game involving strategy, skill, and bit of luck.


Spoons
Spoons is an easy and enjoyable game that can be played by children and adults alike. It requires only a deck of cards and enough spoons for all players minus one.


Stealing Bundles
A two player card game where players can win by robbing their opponents of their card bundles.


Through the Window
Through the Window is a fun quick thinking word alliteration card game for all ages.

Tongue
Tongue is an enjoyable game with rules simple enough for players of all ages. It only requires a deck of cards and of course a tongue.

Tossing Cards into a Hat
Tossing cards into a hat is an easy fun filled game for all ages.

War
Winning the battle is easy, but it will take a bit of luck and patience to win the war.


World War
World War is a three or four player version of classic War.

Woof
Woof is a fun variation to the game Snap. Having quick eyes and a quick voice will be your key to success.

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This is a list of card games by alphabetical order.

Most games will use the standard French suited 52 card deck or a variant of it, such as the Russian 36 deck.

Where they do not, this will be noted.

Key[edit]

52/4 represents a standard French suited deck, where other numbers are used it means a truncated or stripped version of this deck.

Tarot is for Tarot

Flower is for Japanese Flower cards

Unique is for decks that are designed solely for that game.

CCG is for collectible card games

Games

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Game NamePlayersDeck Used
1000 Blank White Cards3+Unique
3-5-8352
304436
400452
5002-633-63
662-420-24

World Of Card Games

A[edit]

Game NamePlayersDeck Used
All Fours2-852
All Fives2-352
Agram2-731-35
Apples to Apples4-10Unique

B[edit]

Game NamePlayersDeck Used
Baccarat2+6-8 x 52
Barbu
Bartok
Blackjack
Bezique
Bourre
Briscola

C[edit]

  • Cắt Tê – Vietnamese game focused on the last trick, related to the domino game Tien Gow
  • Clabber – similar to Euchre and Hearts
  • Contract bridge – related to Whist
  • Court Piece – An Asian game similar to Contract Bridge

D[edit]

Can
  • Doppelkopf – popular game in Germany, related to Schafkopf
  • Double Solitaire A two player form.

E[edit]

  • Écarté – classical two-player game, related to Euchre
  • Escova – Italian
  • Euchre – popular in English-speaking countries, related to Écarté

F[edit]

  • FizzbinFictional game from Star Trek, fleshed out with real rules
  • Forty-fives – Irish

G[edit]

  • Gong Zhu (also known as Chase the Pig) – a Chinese version of Hearts

H[edit]

  • Hearts – whist variant, objective is to avoid certain cards
  • Hokm – Iranian version of Whist, similar to Spades

I[edit]

J[edit]

K[edit]

  • Kaiser – four-handed game played in Canada

L[edit]

M[edit]

  • Mighty – five-handed game similar to Hearts, Rook and Nap

N[edit]

  • Napoleon (or Nap) – trick-taking game with auction, based on whist, variable number of players
  • Nines – three-handed whist variant

O[edit]

  • Oh Hell – trick-taking game in which an exact number of tricks must be won

P[edit]

  • Pinochle – trick-taking game with melding phase, based on Bezique
  • Piquet – classical two-player trick-taking game with melding phase

Q[edit]

R[edit]

S[edit]

Samba (4 to 6 players)

  • Spar Related to Agram.

T[edit]

U[edit]

  • Uno a game of thinking fast

V[edit]

W[edit]

X[edit]

Y[edit]

Z[edit]

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