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Card Game Rules

Alphabetical List of Card Game Rules

A comprehensive alphabetical listing of rules to various card games, including both traditional and commercial card games.

Card Games

Card Games John McLeod's excellent collection of rules to various familiar and obscure card games from around the world. If you're looking for rules to a specific game, head right to the Alphabetical Index of Card Games for a listing of a huge number of card game rules.

Card Games Galore

Here you can learn to play a variety of card games, including general games such as "Rummy" and "Pinocle", childrens games such as "Go Fish" and "Old Maid", and solitaire games such as "Scorpion". [ Archive Copy ]

Card Game Rules

Rules for all your favorite card games. Free information about card games including rules, tips, how to play.

Card Gamer's Alley

Jack O Spades' site offers rules for card games including Panguingue, Cribbage, Hearts, Spades, Whist, Crazy Eights, Solitiare, and more. [ Archive Copy ]

Card Game Forums

Discussion forum for card games such as Poker, Blackjack and Bridge.

Dave Barker's House of Cards

On-line rules for various card games. [ Archive Copy ]

Game Cabinet Rules

Rules to many popular commercial card and board games, reprinted from the original rulebooks that came with the games, with the original illustrations and artwork.

Gamesters Library

Have a game that you lost the rules to? Want to see a game before you purchase it? This site has with rules and reviews of your favorite games, whether they are board games, card games, parlor games, or any game that comes in a box. [ Archive Copy ]

Hay's Rule Book

This site originated from an attempt to collect a comprehensive set of rules for commonly played card games for publication as a reference book. The aim of the site is to eventually contain all games and their variations that are commonly played in the U.S. with cards from a standard American deck.

Michael Lawson

Rules for several games, including "Joker", Joker High, and "Walking The Line."

Nicholas's Card Games

Rules for card games including Ultimate Mao, President, Poker Bull, Oh Hell, Choi Dai Di (aka The Big Two), and Valentine Hearts.

Parlett's Historic Card Games: References

Historic Card Games described by David Parlett. These pages describe card games that today are no longer played widely, if at all, but which are of historical interest for one reason or another. See also: David Parlett's Original Card Games.

SolitaireGames.com

SolitaireGames.com A nice collection of rules to both classic and original solitaires included in Tom Warfield's "Pretty Good Solitaire", including Baker's Dozen, Black Hole, Eagle Wing, EastHaven, Forty Thieves, FreeCell, Golf, Great Wheel, Klondike, Pyramid, Rouge et Noir, Scorpion, Aces and Kings, Demons and Thieves, and Three's Company. Also check out the Pretty Good Solitaire help file for rules to hundreds of other games.

Solitaire Rulebook

Solitaire Rulebook The Solitaire Rulebook contains rules for all of Randy Rasa's solitaires, as well as a comprehensive list of links to other solitaire rules on the web.

The Rules of the Game

Simple instruction to your favorite card games, including Poker, Hearts, Crazy Eights, Blackjack, Bridge, & Whist.

USPC Card Game Rules Archive

Game rules from the United States Playing Card Company.

Wikipedia Card Game Rules

The online encyclopedia provides general background on card games, as well as a torough collection of card game rules.

Card Game Rulebooks

Bicycle Official Rules of Card GamesBicycle Official Rules of Card Games  BUY NOW  $7.99

The United States Playing Card Company, makers of Bicycle brand playing cards, brings you this comprehensive guide to over 250 card games. Complete with a history of playing cards, advice on choosing a card game, and 'bet-you-didn't-know inserts'; this book is a thorough reference for card games. This new edition, with countless illustrations, is designed for ease of use and ready reference. The "Game Sidebar" that appears before each major game allows readers to determine, at a glance, the number of players and cards required, and the degree of skill and complexity for each game. All you need is this book and a deck of Bicycle brand playing cards to enjoy one of America's favorite pastimes!


According to HoyleAccording to Hoyle  BUY NOW  $13.95 $11.16    SAVE $2.79 !   

A must for anyone who wants to play a game and play it correctly. Whether you play card games, dice games, parlor games, word games, chess, checker, backgammon, or solitaire games, here is a comprehensive, up-to-date book with the complete rules of your favorite games of skill and chance. According to Hoyle gives not only the rules but expert advice on winning, too. By Richard Frey and Edmond Hoyle.


Official Rules Of Card GamesOfficial Rules Of Card Games  BUY NOW  $13.95 $11.16    SAVE $2.79 !   

With complete rules on more than 300 popular card games, including the new international laws of contract bridge, this comprehensive book also includes special sections on: choosing games for particular occasions, teaching card games to children, the etiquette of card games, technical terms used in card games, and more. By Albert H. Moorehead.


Hoyle`s Modern Encyclopedia of Card GamesHoyle's Modern Encyclopedia of Card Games  BUY NOW  $12.95 $10.36    SAVE $2.59 !   

"According to Hoyle" is the card-table synonym for Correct --a definitive guide to the correct playing of all known card games, with full descriptions and explanations of rules and techniques for each game and its variations. By Walter B. Gibson.


Hoyle`s Rules of GamesHoyle's Rules of Games  BUY NOW  $6.99

This book covers a good range of card and parlor games, including Bridge, Poker, Canasta, Gin Rummy, and Solitaire, as well as a number of other favorites such as Backgammon, Dice, Dominos, and Scrabble. By Albert H. Morehead, Geoffrey Mott-Smith, Philip D. Morehead.


Oxford A-Z of Card GamesOxford A-Z of Card Games  BUY NOW  $16.95 $11.53    SAVE $5.42 !   

This fascinating book tells you how to play almost any card game popular in the Western world. Besides classics like Bridge and Poker, it also includes famous historical games, popular folk games, and even Tarot games. With hundreds of games to explore and enjoy, David Parlett's book will be invaluable to anyone planning a card evening with friends. Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, its broad coverage includes all the popular and classic games: Bridge, Canasta, Hearts, Poker, Rummy, and Whist. Popular family and party games such as Newmarket, Oh Hell!, and Old Maid also appear, alongside a host of unusual and intriguingly-titled games, for example, Cucumber, Go Boom, I Doubt It, Phat, Spinado, Spite and Malice, and many more.


Teach Yourself Card GamesTeach Yourself Card Games  BUY NOW  $10.95 $10.29    SAVE $0.66 !   

There's a card game to appeal to every kind of taste--from the intellectual intricacies of bridge to the psychological experiment of poker. Teach Yourself Card Games includes classic games, such as piquet and bezique; national games from abroad, such as skat and scopa; timeless favorites like rummy; and modern inventions, such as barbu. Teach Yourself Card Games describes 33 popular and classic card games, with strategic tips, illustrative deals, and internet resources for further information and on-line play. There is an introductory chapter for those who have never held a hand of cards before.


The Card Game Set (Book & Cards)The Card Game Set (Book & Cards)  BUY NOW  $12.98

Featuring over 100 different games and containing 140 two-color diagrams, this set can help to prepare for a trip to Vegas or learn a new card game. The Card Game Set contains two decks of cards, a book with instructions on how to play a wide range of games from Klondike & Gin Rummy to Poker and Baccarat, a score pad, and pen.


The Everything Card Games BookThe Everything Card Games Book  BUY NOW  $14.95 $10.17    SAVE $4.78 !   

If you find yourself coming down with a case of rainy-day boredom or "I can't watch another rerun on TV" syndrome, grab the closest deck of cards and get ready for some serious fun! The Everything(r) Card Games Book is packed with loads of variety to keep you entertained for hours with games you can play solo or with a group of people. Wow your friends and family with your card-shark skills by mastering these basic games-along with a handful of more advanced ones, too! In addition to key rules and instructions for play, The Everything(r) Card Games Book provides tips on shuffling and dealing, essential etiquette, and knowing when to hold and when to fold. Learn how to play classic games such as bridge and whist, team games such as pinochle and spades, games from abroad such as Black Maria and Scopone Scientifico, and kids' games such as Go Fish and Memory.


Card Games for DummiesCard Games for Dummies  BUY NOW  $16.99 $11.55    SAVE $5.44 !   

Playing cards is supposed to be fun, so don’t worry about having to study this book as if it’s a homework assignment. Card Games For Dummies focuses on the games that people play today all around the world, and walks you through them with plain-English explanations. Regardless of how much experience you’ve had with card games, you’ll find something in this book for you. Absolute beginners will appreciate that the instructions for each game start at the very beginning level. If you’ve played a few card games before, maybe you’ll find a new game. However, coverage isn’t limited to a description of each game and a summary of the rules. Instead, each chapter offers hints on strategy, so even the experienced player can pick up something new and worthwhile. Card Games For Dummies covers eight categories of games, grouped together based on the basic aim of the games. Get ready to explore fun and friendly games such as Rummy, Canasta, Bridge, Whist, Euchre, Spades, Hearts, Barbu, Cribbage, President, Blackjack, Baccarat, Poker, and many more.


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