All 59 Card Games – Rules & How to Play

The simplest card game — highest card wins.

Ask, fish, and collect the most books.

Lie, challenge, and get rid of your cards.

Climb the social ladder — or end up the Scum.

Flip, battle, and collect every card.

Match the suit or rank — 8s are always wild.

Match the colour or the number, and be first to play your last card.

Pair off your hand and don't be left holding the Queen of Spades.

Build the suits out from their 7s — empty your hand first.

Flip, watch every pile, and call Snap first.

Seven columns, a stock, and four foundations from the aces up.

Every card is face up: plan your moves and solve the deal.

Build each suit from king down to ace across ten columns and clear eight full runs.

Pair cards that add up to 13 and take the pyramid apart.

Clear three peaks by playing cards one up or one down.

Clear seven columns onto the waste, one rank up or down.

Every card on the table: move any face-up card with what lies on it.

Build each suit from king down to ace; any face-up card moves with what lies on it.

Build up from aces and down from kings across 16 piles.

Turn over two cards at a time and remember where the pairs are.

Build four foundations from a random starting rank.

Fill the gaps to sort four rows from 2 to king.

No turns, no waiting: race to empty your piles first.

Draw, meld sets and runs, lay off, and go out first.

Bid exactly how many tricks you will take, no more and no less.

Win tricks, dodge the clubs, and don't get locked up.

Avoid the hearts — and beware the Queen of Spades.

Bid smart. Spades are always trump.

Knock before they do.

Name the trump. Take three tricks. Prove your Right Bower.

Peg your way to 121 — every combination counts.

Flip in turn and slap every Jack before anyone else.

Fill your row of face-down cards from ace to ten.

Swap cards into your grid and keep your score low.

Build down from the kings and empty your hand first.

Bid for trump, count your melds, and beat the trick whenever you can.

Build 7-card melds and go out first.

Complete your canastas — then grab the pot.

Seven cards, runs and sets, and a close at 5 points or less.

Take the high-value cards — trump beats everything else.

Bluff, bet, and outwit — Latin America's card game.

Vietnam's Big Two — shed your cards before anyone else.

Match the flowers — say "Koi-Koi" to risk it all.

The 2 rules — race to empty your hand.

Name trump on 5 cards, then race your partner to 7 tricks.

Take three of the four 10s — all four is a Mendikot.

Bid up to 28 — then take that many points with a hidden trump.

Collect four of a kind, then call it — the last one awake loses.

Form sequences and sets — a pure sequence is non-negotiable.

Shed every card — the last one holding loses.

Drop sets, keep your count low, and Call when you're sure you're lowest.

Follow suit, count the trumps and win the odd trick.

Attack, defend, or be the Fool.

Sweep the table — Italy's card game of cunning captures.

France's national card game — turned-card trump, the Jack on top.

Germany's greatest card game — bid, pick up the Skat, and declare.

Get rid of every card, even the ones you cannot see.

Play a card and sweep up table cards that add up to 15.

Three players, a spare hand called the Manni, and a race to 10 points.