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Types of Card Games

Beggar-my-​Neighbour​
Beggar-my-​Neighbour​

Beggar My Neighbour This popular children's game is also sometimes known as Strip Jack Naked, Beat Your Neighbour Out Of Doors or Taxes. In Trinidad, Barbados and maybe other Caribbean islands it is known as Suck the Well, and in French it is sometimes called Bataille Corse (Corsican battle).

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Cheat​
Cheat​

Cheat / Bullshit / I Doubt It. This page is based on a contribution from Mike Stabosz. Introduction; Players and Cards; Play; Variations; Online Games; Introduction. This game is generally called Cheat in Britain and Bullshit in the USA. In many books it appears as I Doubt It. The aim is to get rid of all your cards by playing them to a discard pile.

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Go Fish​
Go Fish​

Go Fish is a simple game that is popular with children (my 6 year old son for example). There are many variations of it, the rules here describe how it works on this website. It may not be exactly the way you are used to playing.

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Old Maid​
Old Maid​

Old Maid is sometimes played with a special pack of cards: all the cards come in matching pairs except for a single Old Maid card, whose holder at the end is the loser. Some German sets of Quartett cards come with a Black Peter card so that they can also be used for this game.

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Patience​
Patience​

Patience, or solitaire as it is known in the US and Canada, is a genre of card games that can be played by a single player. Patience games can also be played in a head-to-head fashion with the winner selected by a scoring scheme.

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Rummy​
Rummy​

There are many, many variations of Rummy that exist, this particular implementation is Basic Rummy, or Traditional Rummy. Gameplay The game can have 2,3 or 4 players.

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Snip Snap ​Snorem​
Snip Snap ​Snorem​

Snip Snap Snorem is similar to Snap the noisy action-packed game. The Object. Players try to be the first to get rid of all their cards while calling out a series of nonsensical words.

Spit​
Spit​

Spit (also known as Speed or Slam) is a shedding game for two players. The objective is to be the first player to get rid of all your cards. The game is based on speed, it's not turn based, both players are getting rid of their cards at the same time, so the one that plays faster will most often win.

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Spoons​
Spoons​

Spoons is a classic card game that combines the simple fun of matching games with the frantic thrills of musical chairs. Though Spoons may seem confusing or complicated at first, it is incredibly easy to learn and an absolute blast to play.

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War​
War​

War is a card game typically played by two players. It uses a standard playing card deck in decreasing order is: A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. Due to its simplicity, it is played most often by children. There are many variations, including those played in other countries such as Tod und Leben, a 32-card version played in the German-speaking world.

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