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27 games

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  Crazy Eights

  Match the pile, play an 8 when stuck, empty your hand first.

  2 to 5 players · 15 min · 6+SheddingEasy
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  Spades

  Bid your tricks with a partner. Spades beat everything.

  4 players · 1 hr · 10+Trick-takingMedium
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  Canasta

  Two decks, four jokers, and melds that grow into canastas.

  4 players · 1 hr · 12+RummyHard
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  War

  Flip, compare, the higher card takes both.

  2 players · 30 min · 4+ComparingEasy
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  Go Fish

  Ask for cards and collect sets of four.

  2 to 6 players · 15 min · 4+Collecting setsEasy
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  Rummy

  Draw, discard and lay down sets and runs.

  2 to 6 players · 30 min · 8+RummyMedium
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  Gin Rummy

  Two players, ten cards, knock when you are ready.

  2 players · 30 min · 10+RummyMedium
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  Hearts

  Avoid the hearts and dodge the queen of spades.

  4 players · 45 min · 10+Trick-takingMedium
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  Klondike Solitaire

  The one-player classic: build four piles from ace to king.

  1 player · 10 min · 7+PatienceEasy
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  Texas Hold’em

  Two cards of your own, five shared, one best hand.

  2 to 10 players · 1 hr · 12+PokerMedium
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  Blackjack

  Get closer to 21 than the dealer without going over.

  2 to 7 players · 15 min · 12+ComparingEasy
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  Cribbage

  Count to 31, score fifteens and pairs, peg your way round the board.

  2 players · 30 min · 10+Adding upMedium
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  Euchre

  A fast partnership game with 24 cards and two powerful jacks.

  4 players · 30 min · 10+Trick-takingMedium
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  Whist

  The classic partnership trick game. Win the most tricks with your partner.

  4 players · 30 min · 10+Trick-takingMedium
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  Oh Hell

  Bid exactly how many tricks you will take. Not one more, not one less.

  3 to 7 players · 45 min · 10+Trick-takingMedium
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  President

  Beat the last play, empty your hand, climb from beggar to president.

  4 to 7 players · 20 min · 8+SheddingEasy
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  Cheat

  Play cards face down, claim what they are, and call out the liars.

  3 to 8 players · 20 min · 8+SheddingEasy
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  Speed

  No turns: play one higher or lower as fast as your hands can move.

  2 players · 5 min · 6+SheddingEasy
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  Old Maid

  Pair up your cards and don’t be the one left holding the odd queen.

  2 to 6 players · 10 min · 4+Collecting setsEasy
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  Spider Solitaire

  Two decks, ten columns: build eight runs from king down to ace.

  1 player · 30 min · 10+PatienceHard

• Farkle

  Roll six dice, bank your points, and don’t Farkle.

  2 to 8 players · 30 min · 8+Push your luckEasy

• Bunco

  Three dice, six rounds, and a shout when you roll a Bunco.

  4 to 24 players · 1 hr · 8+Rolling for pointsEasy

• Yahtzee

  Five dice, three rolls, thirteen boxes to fill.

  1 to 6 players · 40 min · 8+Rolling for pointsEasy

• Pig

  One die, a pile of points, and a 1 that takes it all.

  2 to 6 players · 10 min · 6+Push your luckEasy

• Left Right Center

  Pass chips left, right or to the middle. Last one holding chips wins.

  3 to 10 players · 15 min · 6+ChanceEasy

• Shut the Box

  Roll two dice and flip the tiles that add up. Close all nine.

  1 to 4 players · 15 min · 6+Adding upEasy

• Liar’s Dice

  Bid on what everyone is hiding, and call Liar on a bid too far.

  2 to 6 players · 20 min · 8+BluffingEasy

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