Before video games, there were board games. Before board games, there were cards. Card games have stood the test of time, with bridge and poker as popular as ever. Las Vegas even televises high stakes poker games! Bridge is one of the most popular pastimes in retirement communities and includes many variations. Similar to Bridge are … Read more
image source: pixabay If you and a group of friends, especially a fairly large group of friends, are on the hunt for a new party game to shake up your established routine of entertainment, you should consider playing Up the River Down the River. This game is a great way to incorporate a group in a party … Read more
Playing card games is one of the most enjoyable ways to pass the time, especially if you play the card game Speed. There is no shortage of card games that you can play with a buddy. If you’re looking for a good way to pass the time with friends, why not play Speed? As the … Read more
The Hand and Foot card game is a variation of Canasta. It originated in North America and is played with two piles of cards called a “hand” and a “foot,” hence the name. This differs from traditional Canasta, which uses just a hand pile. The game uses between four and seven full decks of cards and … Read more
Card games are all about cunning and skill, but the game of “Bullshit” also adds lying and deception into the mix. Your aim in the game is to get rid of your cards before the other players, by making great use of your poker face and trickery skills. Since all cards are discarded face down, … Read more
Rook is a card game developed almost a century ago. Its appeal has stood the test of time, with the game moving down generations to be enjoyed by the young and old alike to date. Many variants of the game are in use, such as the Kentucky Rook and Call Partner, among others. What is … Read more
Durak is one of the most popular card games played in Russia, and very few people outside of Russia and Ukraine know about this game. The point of Durak is not to win, but rather to find the ‘fool.’ Durak means ‘fool’ in Russian and is a game where the loser is teased as the … Read more
Farobank or Faro card game it’s more different from popular card game like poker, its is among the earliest known gambling games. It was extremely popular in the late 17th century and is in fact mentioned in Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace as a card game where Count Rostov loses his fortune. Any number of people … Read more
They also call the game Pounce, Scrooge, Sock It, Racing Demon, Peanuts or Squeal. It is a fast-moving and highly competitive card game of patience. This is not a quiet game where players take turns; the play takes place all at once as players try to get rid of all of their pile before the … Read more
Scorpion Solitaire, like all solitaire games, is a single player card game, and it is a variant on Spider Solitaire, in which the goal is to make stacks of the same suit of cards. It is simpler because the player uses only one standard deck of 52 cards (there is a version of spider solitaire … Read more