Card Games Around the World
boardgame
Sid Sackson's book presents over 60 fascinating card games from Asia, Europe, Latin America, and America. The collection ranges from simple to challenging rules for two to many players.
- Players:
- 0
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 8
Guarding the Land: The Battle of Fort Griswold, September 6, 1781
boardgame
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 0
Pitch
boardgame
Pitch is a classic trick-taking card game for four players in partnerships using a standard deck. Players bid, name trump, exchange cards, and capture tricks to score specific point cards. Failing to meet the bid subtracts points. The first team to reach the target wins.
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
Funkytown
boardgame
- Players:
- 3–4
- Time:
- 15 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Solotaire
boardgame
This board game combines poker with strategic card placement in slots on a board. It modernizes the Edwardian pastime Poker Patience and includes rules for several distinct game variants, such as Honeymoon, Quick-Draw, and Mayhem.
- Players:
- 1–2
- Time:
- 10 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Sloppy Seconds
boardgame
A free trick-taking card game from Cheapass Games. The unusual objective in each hand is not to score the most points in a suit, but rather to specifically achieve the second highest score.
- Players:
- 3–4
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Svoyi Koziri
boardgame
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 0
Twenty-Two
boardgame
- Players:
- 2–6
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 0
Saint Poker
boardgame
- Players:
- 2–5
- Time:
- 10–20 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Cuajo
boardgame
Cuajo is a Filipino partnership rummy card game played with Spanish-suited cards. Two teams play tactically together to win the game by skillfully combining and melding groups of cards.
- Players:
- 4
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 0
Goren's Bridge for Two
boardgame
This is a two-player version of Contract Bridge. Each player partners with a dummy hand of 13 cards, containing seven face-up and six face-down cards. Playing a face-up card reveals the hidden card beneath it for subsequent play.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
What's Your Number?!
boardgame
- Players:
- 2–10
- Time:
- 20 min
- Min. Age:
- 6
Twenty-Five
boardgame
A very popular Irish trick-taking card game featuring complex ranking rules based on the trump suit. Players typically post an ante to start. The primary goal is to be the first to take five tricks and win the pot.
- Players:
- 2–10
- Time:
- 10 min
- Min. Age:
- 0
Pursuit of Happiness
boardgame
- Players:
- 2–5
- Time:
- 45 min
- Min. Age:
- 0
Doubleduck
boardgame
- Players:
- 4
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 0
Trickman
boardgame
- Players:
- 1
- Time:
- 30–40 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
Mythology Rummy: Pandora's Box
boardgame
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 30–60 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
La Révolution
boardgame
- Players:
- 1
- Time:
- 10–30 min
- Min. Age:
- 12
Head-to-Head Poker
boardgame
Head-to-Head Poker is a two-player card game introducing poker without bluffing. Over three rounds, players build the best hands using shared community cards to win chips. Six rule variations offer diverse gameplay, with optional betting for higher stakes.
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 10
Collapsi
boardgame
- Players:
- 2
- Time:
- 5–15 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Get Stuck
boardgame
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 30 min
- Min. Age:
- 0
Cuarenta
boardgame
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 15 min
- Min. Age:
- 8
Flunk
boardgame
- Players:
- 3
- Time:
- –
- Min. Age:
- 0
Dyad
boardgame
- Players:
- 2–4
- Time:
- 20–30 min
- Min. Age:
- 10