Trick-taking card games

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

The card game 9-5-2 (952) is basically simplified bridge for three players, with a forced card-switching twist thrown in. 952 is a social game and not suitable for gambling since a degree of trust is required for some elements of the game. ...more on Wikipedia about "9-5-2"

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"

The card game auction bridge is a predecessor to contract bridge. ...more on Wikipedia about "Auction bridge"

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

(Bashi Fen) Bāshí Fēn (八十分; Eighty Points), Tuō Lā Jī (拖拉機; Tractor), Zhǎo Péngyǒu (找朋友; Looking for Friends), Dǎ Bǎi Fēn (打百分; Fighting for a Hundred Points), Sìshí Fēn (四十分; Forty Points), Shēng Jí (升級; Advance in Level), and Shuāi Èr (摔二; Throw Two) are all names for members of a closely-related family of trick-taking card games played in China and in Chinese immigrant communities. They can be classified as positive point-trick trick-taking games. They also have a dynamic trump, i.e., which cards are trump changes every round. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bashi Fen"

Belata is a trick-taking card game for 3 players, using the standard 52-card pack, of Eastern European origin. It is traditionally played in Bulgaria. ...more on Wikipedia about "Belata"

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"

Benny is a card used in trick-taking games that automatically counts as the highest trump. ...more on Wikipedia about "Benny (Cards)"

Bezique is a trick-taking card game for two players. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bezique"

The card game Big Two ( Chinese: 大二; pinyin: dà èr; Cantonese: 鋤大D) is a card game similar to the game of President (also known as Asshole). It is sometimes called "Chinese poker" because of its Chinese origin and its use of poker hands, though there is actually a different game by that name; see the Chinese poker article. ...more on Wikipedia about "Big Two"

Black Lady is an extremely combative variant of the card game Whist, similar to the popular game Hearts. It is commonly played among large groups of players (typically 8 to 10) using two decks of cards, or it can be played by as few as three players using a single deck. ...more on Wikipedia about "Black Lady"

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"

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Bourré is a trick-taking card game with several variations. This game is played by the Cajun people of South Louisiana. The play is similar to Bridge or Spades. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bourré"

Briscola is an Italian trick-taking card game, played with a standard Italian 40-card deck. Two to six players can participate; a minimum number of cards must be removed from the deck to ensure the number of cards in the deck is a multiple of the number of players. Only twos are removed. The four- and six-player version of the game requires players be partnered in two groups, in which every player is adjacent to two opponents. ...more on Wikipedia about "Briscola"

Briškula is a card game very popular on Croatian Adriatic coast. It is simillar to Italian game Briscola. ...more on Wikipedia about "Briškula"

Calabresella (sometimes spelt Calabrasella, the little Calabrian game), also known as Terziglio; is an Italian trick-taking card game for three players. All the tens, nines and eights are removed from an ordinary pack; the order of the cards is three, two, ace, king, queen, etc. In scoring the ace counts 3; the three 2; king, queen and knave 1 each. The last trick counts 3. Each separate hand is a whole game. ...more on Wikipedia about "Calabresella"

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)"

Cắt Tê ( Vietnamese for six cards), or catte, is a trick taking card game which is popular in Vietnam and expatriate Vietnamese communities. Unlike other trick games, in which the objective is either to collect tricks, avoid tricks, or fulfill a contract; the object of Cắt Tê is to win the last trick in a given round. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cắt Tê"

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"

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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"

Dirty clubs is the name given to a number of variations of Euchre popular in the midwest United States. Like Euchre, these games are trick-taking card games; unlike Euchre, the players must bid on how many tricks they will take. In this respect, dirty clubs bears a superficial resemblance to contract bridge. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dirty clubs"

Doppelkopf ( German, lit. double-head), also abbreviated to "Doko," is a trick-taking card game for four players. The origins of this game are not well known; it is assumed that it, like Skat, originated from the game Schafkopf. ...more on Wikipedia about "Doppelkopf"

Écarté is a two-player card game originating from France, the word literally meaning 'discarded'. It is trick-taking game, similar to Whist, but with a special and eponymous discarding phase. It is closely related to Euchre, a card game played mainly in the USA, and it seems likely that Écarté is the game from which Euchre was developed. Écarté was popular in the 19th Century but is now more unusual. ...more on Wikipedia about "Écarté"

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