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Sheepshead. Sheepshead is an American trick-taking card game derived from Bavaria's national card game, Schafkopf (lit. 'sheep's head'), hence it is sometimes called American Schafkopf. Sheepshead is most commonly played by five players, [1] but variants exist to allow for two to eight players.
Euchre or eucre ( / ˈjuːkər / YU-kər) is a trick-taking card game commonly played in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, and the Midwestern United States. It is played with a deck of 24, 25, 28, or 32 standard playing cards. There are normally four players, two on each team, although there are variations for two to nine players.
This list of playing card nicknames shows the nicknames of playing cards in a standard 52-card pack. Some are generic while some are specific to certain card games; others are specific to patterns, such as the courts of French playing cards for example, which often bear traditional names.
A card game where each card can be used in several ways. 2005 Gnav: A 42-card or men game in the Cuckoo group. 1820s Great Dalmuti: A variant of Asshole. 1995 Haggis: A trick-taking game. 2010 Happy Families: A matching game. circa 1851 Kille (card game) A 42-card game in the Cuckoo group. 18th Century Kvitlech: A 24-card comparing game Late ...
Smear is a point-trick game, i.e. the winner of game is determined by the total value of the cards won in tricks, rather than the number of tricks won. The card-values are ace = 4, king = 3, queen = 2, jack = 1, ten = 10, all other cards = 0 regardless of suit. The first dealer is decided by cutting. [4] After each hand has been played, up to ...
Tarot card games are played with a Tarock pack, usually of 54 or 78 cards comprising four French suits and a special trump suit of Tarots or Tarocks. The following games are played with such packs: The following games are played with such packs:
Rook is a trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards. Sometimes referred to as Christian cards or missionary cards, [1] [2] Rook playing cards were introduced by Parker Brothers in 1906 to provide an alternative to standard playing cards for those in the Puritan tradition, and those in Mennonite culture who considered the face cards in a regular deck inappropriate [3 ...
This list arranges card games by the number of cards used, part of the aim being to answer the question "what games can I play with these cards?" Only games played with traditional European playing cards are listed. Those played with cards from other regions are not included, nor are proprietary card games since each game comes with a bespoke ...