Hearts is one of the most elegant and strategically rich trick-taking card games in the world – a four-player game where the objective is inverted from most card games: instead of trying to win tricks, you are desperately trying to avoid taking hearts and the deadly Queen of Spades, which carry penalty points. For millions […]
Author: Tom Holland
What Do You Meme? is the party card game that brings internet meme culture to your living room – a hilarious judge-based game where players compete to create the funniest meme by pairing caption cards with photo cards featuring viral images, celebrities, pop culture moments, and internet legends. Since its explosive Kickstarter launch in 2016, […]
Old Maid is one of the most timeless and universally played children’s card games in the world – a simple matching game where players race to discard all their cards by forming pairs, while desperately trying to avoid being left holding the single unpaired Queen known as the Old Maid. For generations of Canadian children, […]
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza is one of the most hilariously chaotic party card games to emerge in recent years – a fast-paced reflex game that combines the tension of Slap Jack with absurdist word sequencing and physical action cards that create moments of pure, uncontrollable laughter. Since its release in 2019, Taco Cat Goat […]
Go Fish is one of the most beloved children’s card games in the world – and for many Canadian kids, it is the very first card game they ever learn. Simple enough for four-year-olds to grasp, fast enough to hold the attention of young children, and engaging enough that parents do not mind playing round […]
Pinochle is one of the most intellectually demanding and strategically rich card games in the North American trick-taking tradition. Originating in 19th-century European immigrant communities – particularly German and Scandinavian – Pinochle combines complex melding mechanics, auction bidding, and strategic trick-taking into a game that rewards experience, memory, and partnership coordination. Pinochle is not for […]
Spades is one of the most popular trick-taking card games in North America – a partnership game that combines the strategic bidding of Bridge with simpler rules and faster gameplay. First popularized in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Spades has become a staple of family game nights, military barracks, college dormitories, and […]
UNO is the most popular family card game in Canada – and possibly the world. Since its creation in 1971, UNO has sold over 150 million decks and has been played by hundreds of millions of people across every continent. In Canada, UNO is a cottage weekend staple, a rainy-day lifesaver, and the game parents […]
Baccarat is one of the most elegant and misunderstood games in the casino – a game often associated with high rollers, velvet ropes, and James Bond, but in reality one of the simplest and most player-friendly games on the casino floor. Despite its sophisticated reputation, Baccarat requires no skill, strategy, or difficult decisions. You place […]
Skip-Bo is one of the most enduring family card games ever created – a sequence-building game that combines the simple appeal of solitaire with genuine strategic depth and direct competition. First released in 1967, Skip-Bo has been a staple of Canadian family game nights for over 55 years, played by millions of families across the […]