Card games

Any game that employs playing cards is called a Card game. The cards may be traditional or game-specific. There are a myriad of card games. There are some families of related games like poker.

Trick-taking games

In these games, each round of play is composed of units called tricks. In these tricks, the player chooses one card from the hand. These games are famous due to the psychological and mathematical aspects that arise from a simple structure.

The games included in this category are 400, Kaiser, Sueca, 4 Row, Nap or Napoleon, Svoyi Koziri, 500, Nines, Tarabish, Barbu, Oh Hell, Tarneeb, Bezique, Pinochle, Tarot, Bourre, Piquet, Tele-Bankio, Bridge, Pitch, Thunee, Briscola, Preferans, Tichu, Clabber, Rook, Tremp, Doppelkopf, Ruff and Honours, Truco, Ecarte, Sheepshead, Twenty-eight, Euchre, Shelem, Whist, Forty-fives, Sixty-three, Wizard, Hearts, Skat, Hokm, Spades.

Rummy-style games

These games are suited for two or four players. However, up to six players can also take part. This game is played to a target score or a fixed number of deals are played. Before the start of play, the number of deals or the target score is mutually decided.

The games included in this category are 500 Rum, Haihowak, Rummy, Canasta, Happy Families, Seven Bridge, Concentration, Kalooki, Shanghai rum, Conquian, Kemps, Spoons, Liverpool rummy, Steal the old man’s pack, Cribbage, Mille, Ten Step, Desmoche, Minimum, Tonk, Five Crowns, Phase 10, Tri, Gin rummy, Robbers rummy, Wyatt Earp, Go Fish, Rumino, Zioncheck.

Gambling card games

These games are played not only in casinos, but several of them are played on the Internet at online casinos. The outcome of the games is wagered by the participants.

The games included in this category are 3-card poker, Blind Hookey, Red Dog, 400, Bourre, Texas hold’em, Acey Deucey, Caribbean stud poker, Seven card brag, Baccarat, Casino war, Thirty-one, Bingo, Liar’s poker, Thirteen card brag, Blackjack, Poker, Three card brag, Blackjack switch, Primero, Teen patti.

Solitaire card games

These are a family of single player card games. In American English, the name is “solitaire” and in British English the name is “patience.” Cards from a shuffled deck are arranged on a tabletop and then dealt with.

This category has games like Ace of the Pile, Grandfather’s clock, Solitaire Showdown, Baker’s dozen, Hit or Miss, Spider Solitaire, Calculation, Klondike, Tree Solitaire, Concentration, Nertz, TriPeaks, Dutch Blitz, One-handed Solitaire, FreeCell, Russian Bank.

Shedding games

The aim of these games is to get rid of all of one’s cards. Two or more players get a fixed number of cards. The first player to get all the cards in the discarded pile is the winner.

The games included in this type are Bartok/Bartog, Dead money, Shichi Narabe, Big Two, Durak, Shithead, Blackjack, Emesis, SKIP-BO, Bullshit/Cheat, Flinch, Spit and more.

Accumulating games

This is the opposite of shedding games. Two or more players compete with the objective to gather all the cards. The player that holds all the cards in the deck is the winner.

Those in this category are Beggar my neighbour,  Top trumps, Seven spades, War, Egyptian raffle, Slapjack, Class clown, Puger, Snap and more.

Drinking card games

These are Douchebag, Horserace, President, Asshole, Hi-Lo, and Kings.

Multi-genre games

Those included in this category are Eleusis, Skitgubbe, Tripoly, Poke, and Tichu.

Collectible card games

These are also called Trading card games. These are played using a specially designed set of cards. These games mix the appeal of collecting and strategic game play.

Those included in this category are 7^th sea collectible card game, QuickStrike, Call of Cthulhu collectible card game, Naruto collectible card game, VS system, Duel Masters, Pokemon, OverPower, Yu-Gi-Oh! And more.