Card games

One deck can open up a whole evening. Find the deal, the turn sequence, and the scoring for familiar favourites—from the quiet calculation of Cribbage to the shifting alliances of Hearts.

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Briscola

Two-player Briscola rules: prepare a 40-card deck, rank ace and three highest, use trump, draw winner first and count 120 card points to decide the hand.

♙ 2 players◷ Time varies

Canasta

Classic Canasta rules for four players: 11-card hands, partnership melds, frozen discard piles, red threes, going out and scoring a game to 5,000.

♙ 4 players◷ Time varies

Crazy Eights

Crazy Eights rules for 2–5 players: deal five cards, match suit or rank, choose a suit with a wild eight, draw until playable and score remaining cards.

♙ 2–5 players◷ Time varies

Cribbage

Two-player Cribbage rules with three- and four-player variants: the deal, the crib, the go, and scoring fifteens, pairs, runs and the 29 hand.

♙ 2–4 players◷ 20–40 min

Euchre

North American Euchre rules for four players: the 24-card deck, choosing trump, right and left bowers, following suit, going alone and scoring to 10.

♙ 4 players◷ 20–40 min

Gin Rummy

Gin Rummy rules for two players: ten-card hands, sets and runs, deadwood, knocking, laying off, going gin, undercuts and scoring a match to 100.

♙ 2 players◷ 20–40 min

Go Fish

Go Fish rules for 2–5 players: how many cards to deal, asking for ranks, drawing, collecting four-card books and winning when all 13 books are complete.

♙ 2–5 players◷ Time varies

Golf (card game)

Golf card game rules (six-card golf) for 2–4 players: swap cards to lower your score, match columns, count kings as zero and play nine holes.

♙ 2–4 players◷ Time varies

Hearts

Hearts rules for four players: passing, breaking hearts, shooting the moon and scoring — plus jack of diamonds, 3- and 5-player variants and a glossary.

♙ 3–5 players◷ 30–60 min

Kings in the Corner

Kings in the Corner rules for 2–4 players: deal seven cards, build alternating-colour piles, place kings in the corners, move piles and score leftover cards.

♙ 2–4 players◷ Time varies

Klondike Solitaire

Klondike Solitaire rules for draw one: deal the seven-column tableau, build down in alternating colours, use the stock and move every suit to its foundation.

♙ 1 players◷ 5–20 min

Old Maid

Old Maid rules for 2–5 players: remove one queen, deal 51 cards, discard matching pairs, draw from your neighbour and avoid holding the last queen.

♙ 2–5 players◷ Time varies

Rummy

Basic rummy rules: the deal (10, 7 or 6 cards), drawing and discarding, melding sets and runs, laying off on melds, and scoring when someone goes out.

♙ 2–6 players◷ 15–30 min

Spades

Partnership Spades rules for four players: bidding, following suit, breaking trump, nil bids, contract scoring, overtricks and the ten-bag penalty.

♙ 4 players◷ 30–60 min

UNO

UNO rules for the current 112-card Classic deck: matching cards, action cards, Wild Draw Four challenges, calling UNO and scoring to 500 points.

♙ 2–10 players◷ 15–30 min

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