Classic Games

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Classic Games

Bridge

What Is Bridge? Bridge is widely considered the greatest card game ever invented. Four players form two partnerships and compete across many hands. Every hand…

Classic Games

Seven-Card Stud

What Is Seven-Card Stud? Seven-Card Stud was the most popular poker game in the world for most of the 20th century, before Texas Hold’em took…

Children's Games

Slap Jack

What Is Slap Jack? Slap Jack is a fast and exciting card game where one thing matters above everything else: your reaction speed. Players take…

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Euchre

What Is Euchre? Euchre is the beloved Midwestern American card game — fast, social, and brilliantly designed around one clever twist. Four players form two…

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Five-Card Draw

What Is Five-Card Draw? Five-Card Draw is the original poker game — the one depicted in old Westerns and the one most people imagine when…

Children's Games

Memory (Concentration)

What Is Memory? Memory — also called Concentration — is a game about paying close attention and remembering what you’ve seen. All 52 cards are…

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Whist

What Is Whist? Whist is the elegant ancestor of Bridge and Spades — one of the oldest trick-taking games still played today. Four players form…

Classic Games

Poker (Five-Card Stud)

What Is Five-Card Stud? Five-Card Stud is the original stud poker game, played during the American Civil War and popular for over a century. Each…

Children's Games

Beggar My Neighbour

What Is Beggar My Neighbour? Beggar My Neighbour — also called Strip Jack Naked — is one of the oldest children’s card games still played…

Classic Games

Conquian

What Is Conquian? Conquian is considered the oldest rummy-type game in existence, originating in Mexico in the 1800s and directly inspiring every rummy game that…