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This is what cards were made for - games! Below you will find a huge variety of card games classified by family. There are card games for two, three, four, and almost any number of players. Get some cards, learn the rules and away you go!!!

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Whist Family

Whist
Bridge
Spades
German Whist
Ninety-Nine

All Fours

All Fours
Seven Up
Auction Pitch
Double Pedro
California Jack
Shasta Sam

Skat Family

Skat
Six-Bid
Schafskopf
Doppelkopf

Hearts Family

Hearts
Black Maria
Knaves
Polignac
Slobberhannes

Bezique Family

Bezique
Pinochle
Gaigel
Sixty Six
Rubicon Bezique
Fildinski

Solo Family

L'Hombre
Spanish Solo
German Solo
Boston
Preference

Rummy Games

Rummy
Gin Rummy
Canasta
Samba
Conquian

Five Card Family

Bourré
Ecarte
Loo
Napoleon
Spoil Five

Jass Games

KlabberJass
HandJass
KlaverJass

Poker Games

Texas Hold'em
Omaha Poker
Five Card Draw
Five Card Stud
Seven Card Stud

Euchre Group

Euchre
Pepper
RailRoad Euchre
Call Ace Euchre
Cut Throat
Five Hundred

Other Games

Acey Deucey
Basra
Piquet


Alphabetical Index of Card Games

Acey Deucey
All Fours
Auction Pitch
Basra
Bezique
Black Maria
Bolivia
Boston
Bourré
Brazilian Canasta
Bridge
Briscola
Briscola Barstarda
Buck Euchre
California Jack
Call Ace Euchre
Canasta
Cinch
Cuban Canasta
Clover Jack
Conquian
Double Pedro
Doppelkopf
Ecarte
Euchre
Fildinsky
Five Card Draw
Five Card Stud
Five Hundred
Gaigel
German Whist
German Solo
Gin Rummy
Hearts
Klabberjass
KlaverJass
Knaves
HandJass
L'Hombre
Loo
Napoleon
Ninety-Nine
Old Sledge
Omaha
Panguingue
Pepper
Pinochle
Piquet
Poker
Polignac
Polish Bezique
Preference
Railroad Euchre
Rickety Kate
Rubicon Bezique
Rummy
Samba
Seven Card Stud
Seven Up
Shasta Sam
Sheep's Head
Six-Bid
Sixty Six
Skat
Slobberhannes
Spades
Spanish Solo
Spoil Five
Texas Hold'em
Whist
Card Games
by Player:

Two Players

Piquet
Ecarte
Pinochle
Gin Rummy

Three Players

Basra
Skat
L'Hombre
Black Maria
Ninety Nine

Four Players

Euchre
Spades
Rickety Kate
Spanish Solo
Five Hundred

Five or More Players

Acey Deucey
Call Ace Euchre
Briscola Bast'da
Spoil Five
Loo

L I N K S
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CardGameHeaven.com
EuchrePad.com
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Card Masters of the
19th Centrury

Thomas de la Rue
Lewis I. Cohen
Lawrence & Cohen
Samuel Hart
Andrew Dougherty
Ferdinand Piatnik

Early Standards

Texan No. 45's
Russel & Morgan 1886
Samuel Hart 1870
A. Dougherty 1865
De La Rue 1834
L. Hewson 1680
Pierre Maréchal 1567

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