Classic Games
All Fours
What Is All Fours? All Fours is one of the oldest card games still played today, dating to 17th-century England. It is the direct ancestor…
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What Is All Fours? All Fours is one of the oldest card games still played today, dating to 17th-century England. It is the direct ancestor…
Three-player Pinochle — bid to play alone, take the widow, and make your contract or pay everyone.
What Is Auction Pitch? Auction Pitch — also called Setback — is a popular American trick-taking game built around four specific scoring prizes: High, Low,…
What Is Bid Whist? Bid Whist is one of the most popular card games in African-American culture, with deep social roots going back generations. Four…
Exact bid trick-taking with a mandatory zero bid at least once per game — and going over your bid scores nothing.
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…
What Is Euchre? Euchre is the beloved Midwestern American card game — fast, social, and brilliantly designed around one clever twist. Four players form two…
What Is Five Hundred? Five Hundred is Australia’s most beloved card game and one of the most strategically rich trick-taking games in the world. Players…
What Is Forty-Five? Forty-Five is Ireland’s national card game, played at kitchen tables and in pubs across the country for centuries. It is famous for…
What Is German Whist? German Whist is a clever two-player trick-taking game with two completely different phases. In the first phase, you play tricks not…
What Is Hearts? Hearts is a classic four-player card game where the goal is the opposite of most card games — you are trying to…
What Is Briscola? Briscola is one of Italy’s most beloved card games, played in homes, cafes, and clubs across the country for centuries. Players win…