Category: Traditional Card Games
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Bid Whist Rules: How to Play, Bid and Keep Score
Bid Whist is a fast-moving partnership card game built around two decisions made before a single card hits the table:…
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How to Play 500: Rules, Bidding and Scoring Explained
500 is one of the most rewarding trick-taking card games you can learn with a standard deck and a single…
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Palace Card Game Rules: How to Play (Also Known as Shithead)
Palace is a fast, chaotic shedding game played with a standard deck of cards, loved for its sudden reversals of…
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How to Play Rummy: Basic Rules, Melds and Scoring
Rummy is one of the most popular family card games in the world, and it is the foundation for a…
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How to Play Conquian: Rules, Strategy and History of the Mexican Rummy Classic
Conquian is the game that started it all. Long before anyone shuffled up for a hand of modern rummy, players…
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How to Play Forty-Fives – Rules, Ranking and Strategy Guide
Forty-Fives is the Irish trick-taking game that travelled to Atlantic Canada and never left. Learn the rules, the unusual red-and-black…
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How to Play Hand and Foot – Rules, Scoring and Strategy Guide
Hand and Foot is a team-based rummy variant played with two dealt stacks and multi-deck melds. Learn the rules, scoring,…
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How to Play Scopa – Rules, Scoring and Strategy Guide
Scopa is the 500-year-old Italian fishing card game where victory comes from capturing the right cards, not the most cards.…
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How to Play Tarot – Rules, History and Strategy of the Classic Card Game
Long before tarot was used for fortune-telling, it was a 15th-century Italian trick-taking game – and French Tarot is still…
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How to Play Kaiser – Rules, Scoring and Strategy Guide
Kaiser is a Canadian prairie trick-taking card game where four players in two partnerships bid on tricks, hunt the +5…
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How to Play Piquet – Rules, Strategy and Scoring Guide
Piquet is a classic two-player card game played with a 32-card deck, built around an exchange phase, three rounds of…
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How to Play Oklahoma Gin – Rules, Strategy and Variations Guide
Oklahoma Gin is a two-player Gin Rummy variant where the first upcard sets the knock limit for the whole hand,…
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How to Play Kalooki – Rules, Scoring and Strategy Guide
Kalooki is a Caribbean rummy-family card game played with two decks and wild jokers, where your first meld must total…
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How to Play Liverpool Rummy – Rules, Contracts and Strategy Guide
Liverpool Rummy is a seven-round contract rummy game where the melds you must lay down change every round. This guide…
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How to Play Shanghai Rummy – Rules, Contracts and Strategy Guide
Shanghai Rummy is a ten-round contract rummy variant where each hand demands a harder combination of sets and runs than…
