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Whist

Whist is a classic 18th-century English trick-taking card game played with a standard 52-card deck. Traditionally design...

Classic Partnership British Trump

8.1 Great

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Barbu

Barbu is a French card game played with a standard 52-card deck by four players. The game consists of a series of differ...

Classic French Standard Deck Multi Contract

7.8 Good

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Trex

Trex (also known as Trix or Ticks) is a card game popular in the Levant region, especially Jordan, Syria, Palestine, and...

Classic Levantine Standard Deck Multi Contract

7.8 Good

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Omnibus Hearts

Omnibus Hearts is a variant of the classic American trick-avoidance card game Hearts. The game is distinguished by intro...

American Standard Deck No Trump Trick Avoidance

7.8 Good

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Sergeant Major

Sergeant Major, also called 3-5-8, is a trick-taking game designed for three players using a standard 52-card deck. Each...

British Trump Standard Deck Three Player

7.7 Good

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Black Maria

Black Maria is a trick-taking card game and the standard British variant of the American game Hearts. It is played with...

British Standard Deck No Trump Trick Avoidance

7.7 Good

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Mendicot

Mendicot is a classic Indian trick-taking card game for four players in two teams, where the primary objective is to cap...

Partnership Indian Standard Deck No Trump

7.6 Good

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Solo Whist

Solo Whist is a four-player British trick-taking game derived from Whist and played with a standard 52-card deck. Instea...

British Trump Four Player Standard Deck

7.5 Good

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Cancellation Hearts

Cancellation Hearts is a multiplayer variant of the Hearts trick-avoidance card game, adapted for groups larger than the...

American No Trump Trick Avoidance Hearts Family

7.4 Good

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German Whist

German Whist is a two-player adaptation of Whist that uses a standard 52-card pack. It has two stages: players first com...

British Trump Two Player Standard Deck

7.3 Good

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Minnesota Whist

Minnesota Whist is an American partnership card game for four players using a standard deck. Its defining feature is the...

Partnership American Midwest Standard Deck

7.2 Good

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Rovescino

Rovescino is a historical Italian trick-taking card game played with a 40-card deck, notable because the lowest cards ho...

Italian Reversal 40 Card No Trump

7.2 Good

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Nap

Nap, also called Napoleon, is an English trick-taking card game in which each player is dealt five cards and bids for th...

19TH Century British Trump Standard Deck

7.1 Good

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All Fours

All Fours is an English trick-taking card game whose earliest known description appears in Charles Cotton’s Compleat Gam...

Classic British Trump Two Player

7.0 Good

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Podrida

Podrida is a traditional Spanish trick-taking card game notable for its rescue mechanic and dynamic bidding system where...

Spanish Trump Standard Deck Trick Avoidance

6.9 Fair

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Tressette a Non Prendere

Tressette a Non Prendere is an avoidance variant of the traditional Italian trick-taking card game Tressette. Played wit...

Italian Traditional No Trump Penalty

6.8 Fair

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Polignac

Polignac is a historical French trick-taking card game built around avoiding penalty cards rather than collecting tricks...

French 32 Card No Trump Trick Avoidance

6.7 Fair

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Traversone

Traversone is an Italian trick-taking card game related to Tressette. It is an avoidance game: players generally try not...

Italian 40 Card No Trump Trick Avoidance

6.7 Fair

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Slobberhannes

Slobberhannes is a traditional German trick-taking card game notable for its negative scoring, where players actively tr...

German 32 Card No Trump Trick Avoidance

6.4 Fair

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Knock-out Whist

Knock-out Whist is an elimination form of Whist in which players compete in successive rounds of trick-taking. A player...

Family British Trump Elimination

6.1 Fair