Anglo-American playing card games

500 is a trick-taking card game played in many parts of the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "500 (card game)"

500 Rum, also called Pinochle Rummy, is a popular variant of rummy. The game of Canasta and several other games developed from this popular form of rummy. The distinctive feature of 500 Rum is that each player scores the value of the sets he melds. ...more on Wikipedia about "500 Rum"

An ace is a playing card. In the standard deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade or club) located in the center of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the case of the ace of spades, which also often bears the name or emblem of the deck's printer. In most card games, aces have the highest value of all cards in a suit; in some, they have the lowest value, commonly representing a one. Many games, such as poker and blackjack, allow the player to choose whether the ace is used as a high or low card. When aces are high, spades are occasionally deemed to be trump cards, meaning that if it came down to a tie, the ace of spades would naturally win. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ace"

All-Fours, is a card game known in America as Old Sledge, or Seven Up, is usually played by four players, with the full pack of fifty-two cards, which rank in play as at Whist, the ace being the highest, and the two ...more on Wikipedia about "All-Fours"

Auction Pitch, a card game which is a popular variation ...more on Wikipedia about "Auction Pitch"

Baker's Dozen is a solitaire card game using a deck of fifty-two playing cards. The game is so called because of the 13 columns in the game, the number in a baker's dozen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baker's Dozen (solitaire)"

The game of Bartok, also known by a number of other names, such as Wartoke, Warthog, Bartog, Last One Standing, or Bong 98, is a card game that is often also a drinking game. It belongs to the "shedding" or Crazy Eights family of card games. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bartok (game)"

Beggar-My-Neighbour, also known as Beat Jack Out of Doors, Beat Your Neighbour Out of Doors, Strip Jack Naked and Draw the Well Dry, is a simple card game somewhat similar in nature to War, and has spawned a more complicated variant, Egyptian Ratscrew. It was likely invented in Britain and has been known there since at least the 1860s. It appears in Charles Dickens's 1861 novel Great Expectations, as the only card game Pip, the book's protagonist, as a child seems to know how to play. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beggar-My-Neighbour"

Belot (usually abbreviated to Bela) is a trick-taking card game very popular in some parts of Croatia, especially Zagreb. The game is also played worldwide and is very popular to the Armenian Diaspora. The game is played by 2, 3 or 4 players, but the 4-player version is considered to be the real game, and other two are just crippled versions played only if there aren't enough players available. ...more on Wikipedia about "Belot"

Belote is the name of a popular card game in France. In this trick-taking card game, a deck of 32 cards is used (A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7). ...more on Wikipedia about "Belote"

Blackjack, also known as twenty-one and pontoon in British English , is one of the most popular casino card games in the world. Much of blackjack's popularity is due to the mix of chance with elements of skill and decision making, and the publicity that surrounds the practice of card counting, a skill with which players can turn the odds of the game in their favor by making betting decisions based on the values of the cards known to remain in the deck. Blackjack's precursor was "vingt-et-un" which originated in French casinos around 1700, and which did not offer the 3:2 bonus for a two-card 21. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blackjack"

Bluke or "Blook" is an easy-to-learn trick-taking card game known to parts of the East Coast and the Midwest and possibly other parts of the United States of America. The game features use of the Jokers, which are sometimes referred to in casinos as the "Blooks". ...more on Wikipedia about "Bluke"

Bullshit is the more common name for a card game often described by the milder name "I doubt it". It is also known by other euphemisms such as "BS" or "Cheat". A non-euphemistic alternative name is "YFL": "You Fucking Liar". ...more on Wikipedia about "Bullshit (game)"

Calculation is a solitaire card game. It offers more scope for skill than many similar games; it is sometimes said that a skilled player can win Calculation three times out of five. ...more on Wikipedia about "Calculation (solitaire)"

California Speed is a fast paced shedding card game that has the added bonus of shuffling the deck. ...more on Wikipedia about "California Speed"

Canasta is a matching card game in which the object is to create melds of cards of the same rank called canastas and then go out by playing or discarding all the cards in your hand. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canasta"

Carpet is a solitaire game where the object is to discard all cards to the foundations where the aces are already dealt. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carpet (solitaire)"

Cassino (also known as Casino) is a card game for two, three, or four (usually two) players, played with a standard deck of playing cards. The object is to score twenty-one points by taking tricks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cassino (game)"

There is another card game called Chase the Ace that has very little to do with the version described here. This version is more commonly known as Cuckoo or Screw Your Neighbour. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chase the Ace"

Cicera is a card game which originates from Brescia, Italy. It is played with a pack of 52 cards and requires four players, which play in fixed doubles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cicera"

Clobyosh (also known as Bela) is a trick-taking card game played in Jewish communities in many parts of the world. Rules of Clobyosh are very close to those of French card game Belote, and Croatian card game Belot (which also is called Bela), but with few significant differences from both. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clobyosh"

Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game for four players who form two partnerships, or "sides". The partners on each side sit opposite one another. The game consists of two main parts – bidding (or auction) and play; the rules of play are rather simple and similar to other trick-taking games. However, the bidding and associated conventions are much more complex, and represent the true learning barrier to new players. Also, there is an immense variety of techniques in play of the hand, whose effective utilization requires learning and experience. ...more on Wikipedia about "Contract bridge"

Craits is a card game played by anywhere between two and five players. It was invented in the 1970s in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is derived from Crazy Eights; in fact, the name Craits is derived from Crazy Eights itself. Craits is similar to the marketed game Uno, which has its own specialized deck, and many cards assume the functions of Uno's specialized cards. ...more on Wikipedia about "Craits"

Crazy Eights is a card game for two or more players. The object of the game is to get rid of all your cards to a discard pile. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crazy Eights"

Cribbage or Crib is a card game that involves forming combinations of cards over a series of hands to accumulate points. Points are mainly scored by runs, regardless of suit; by pairs, triples and quadruples; by flushes; and by cards that add up to 15. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cribbage"

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