5+ players
Party card games (5+ players)
Card games for five or more players — family reunions, game nights and parties where everyone can jump in.
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- Coming soonCasino & vying
Blackjack
aka Twenty-One, Vingt-et-un
Draw cards to get closer to 21 than the dealer without going over. Learn to hit, stand, double and split.
- Players
- 2–8
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonTrick-taking
Brisca
aka Briscola
A fast trick-taking game where Aces and Threes are worth the most. Partners often signal with winks and faces.
- Players
- 2–6
- Deck
- Spanish 40
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonRummy
Canasta
Partners build melds of seven cards called canastas, using 2s and Jokers as wild cards.
- Players
- 2–6
- Deck
- 52 + Jokers
- Level
- Medium
- Coming soonShedding
Cheat
aka BS, I Doubt It
Play cards face down and claim their rank. Call out a liar and they pick up the pile — but guess wrong and it's yours.
- Players
- 3–10
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonRummy
Chinchón
Draw and discard to form sets and runs, then close the round with a low hand — or a perfect Chinchón.
- Players
- 2–8
- Deck
- Spanish 48
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonShedding
Durak
Attack and defend with trumps; the last player holding cards is the durak — the fool.
- Players
- 2–6
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Medium
- Coming soonSpeed & slapJ
Egyptian Ratscrew
aka ERS, Slap
Take turns flipping cards to a central pile. Slap it on doubles and sandwiches to win the whole stack.
- Players
- 2–6
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonFamily & kidsQ
Go Fish
Ask other players for ranks to collect books of four. The player with the most books wins.
- Players
- 2–6
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonFamily & kidsQ
Golf
aka Six-Card Golf
Swap cards into your face-down grid to build the lowest-scoring layout over nine rounds.
- Players
- 2–6
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonTrick-taking
Hearts
Dodge every heart and the Queen of Spades — unless you can take them all and shoot the moon.
- Players
- 3–6
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Medium
- Coming soonFamily & kidsQ
Kemps
Collect four of a kind and give your partner a secret signal — but don't get caught by the other team.
- Players
- 4–8
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonSpeed & slapJ
Nertz
aka Pounce
Everyone plays solitaire simultaneously onto shared foundations, racing to empty their Nertz pile.
- Players
- 2–8
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Medium
- Coming soonTrick-taking
Oh Hell
aka Oh Heck, Up and Down the River
Each round, bid the exact number of tricks you'll take. Hit your bid on the nose to score.
- Players
- 3–7
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Medium
- Coming soonFamily & kidsQ
Old Maid
Pair off your cards and draw from your neighbor — whoever is left holding the unpaired Queen loses.
- Players
- 2–8
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonShedding
President
aka Scum, Asshole, Kings
Shed cards by beating the previous play. Finishing order decides who's President and who's Scum next round.
- Players
- 4–8
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonRummy
Rummy 500
aka 500 Rum
Meld sets and runs, lay off on anyone's melds and take whole runs of the discard pile — first to 500 wins.
- Players
- 2–8
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Medium
- Coming soonCasino & vying
Siete y Media
A banking game like Blackjack: draw cards to reach 7½ without going over. Court cards count half a point.
- Players
- 2–8
- Deck
- Spanish 40
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonSpeed & slapJ
Spoons
aka Pig
Pass cards around the table to collect four of a kind, then grab a spoon — the player left without one is out.
- Players
- 3–13
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonCasino & vying
Texas Hold'em
aka Hold'em, Poker
Make the best five-card poker hand using two hole cards and five community cards across four betting rounds.
- Players
- 2–10
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Medium
- Coming soonTrick-taking
Truco
A trick-taking and bluffing game played in teams across Argentina, Uruguay and beyond, with Envido and Flor bets.
- Players
- 2–6
- Deck
- Spanish 40
- Level
- Medium