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Matching & Rummy

Panguingue (Pan)

What Is Panguingue? Panguingue — called Pan by its devotees — is one of the most unusual card games ever played. It dominated California card…

Modern & Party Games

Mao

What Is Mao? Mao is unlike any other card game because the rules are completely secret. When you sit down to play for the first…

Classic Games

Comet

What Is Comet? Comet is an 18th-century card game that became wildly popular after Halley’s Comet passed in 1759. Players shed cards by playing them…

Banking & Casino

Baccarat

What Is Baccarat? Baccarat is the glamorous casino card game associated with James Bond and high-stakes gambling. Despite its sophisticated reputation, it is actually one…

Banking & Casino

Cassino

What Is Cassino? Cassino — also spelled Casino — is one of the oldest fishing card games still played, with roots going back centuries. Players…

Banking & Casino

Red Dog

What Is Red Dog? Red Dog — also called Acey-Deucey or In-Between — is one of the fastest and simplest casino card games ever created.…

Banking & Casino

Pontoon

What Is Pontoon? Pontoon is the British ancestor of Blackjack, popular in home games across the UK and Australia. Like Blackjack, you try to get…

Trick-Taking

Sergeant Major

Hit your target of 8, 5, or 3 tricks. Exceed it and win cards — fall short and give your best cards away.

Classic Games

Auction Pinochle

Three-player Pinochle — bid to play alone, take the widow, and make your contract or pay everyone.

Classic Games

Bezique (Rubicon)

Victorian Bezique with two full decks — higher melds, bigger scores, and a brutal Rubicon penalty for low scorers.