Game styles
Every kind of card game
Most card games belong to a handful of families. Learn one game in a family and the rest come easily.
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Shedding games
In shedding games, you race to empty your hand by matching, climbing or bluffing. They're fast, easy to teach and perfect for mixed ages.
5 games → - ♛
Trick-taking games
Each player plays one card to a trick and the highest card wins it. Trumps, bidding and partnerships turn simple rules into deep strategy.
9 games → - ≡
Rummy games
Draw and discard to build melds — sets of the same rank or runs in the same suit. From Gin to Chinchón, rummy is the world's favorite card-game family.
5 games → - ◇
Solitaire & patience
Single-player games where you sort, build and unlock the deck. Great for quiet evenings and sharpening your planning skills.
6 games → - ⌁
Fishing & capturing
Play a card from your hand to capture matching or adding cards from the table layout. A classic family across Spain, Italy and Latin America.
3 games → - ◎
Casino & vying
Games of betting, bluffing and comparing hands — from Poker and Blackjack to the Basque classic Mus. We cover rules for fun play with chips or matchsticks.
5 games → - ⚡
Speed & slap games
Everyone plays at once. Quick hands and sharp eyes win the day in games like Speed, Spit and Egyptian Ratscrew.
6 games → - ☺
Family & kids
Gentle rules, big laughs. These are the games most of us learned first — perfect for teaching kids how cards work.
7 games → - ∑
Counting & adding
Games where the cards add up as you play, like Cribbage, rewarding quick arithmetic and clever timing.
6 games →