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Card Games Old Maid Rules

December 16th, 2008 |

Author: Bryan

card games old maid rules
card games?

can someone give me a list of card games u can play with 2 or 3 people maybe more?? and tell me the rules!!
i already know these:
War
Spit
Slap Jack
Go fish
old maid

Really good card games for two are few and far between. I always used to love Bezique:

http://www.pagat.com/marriage/bezique.html

If you can be open minded, you might want to try out these two tarot games (tarot cards were created for playing games and they are still used for them throughout much of continental Europe). If you are unsure about playing with tarot cards, don’t fret – most games are played with a French suited pack that you wouldn’t recognize as tarot at all.

Straw Man Tarock:

http://www.tarocchino.com/html/straw_man.html

Millone:

http://www.tarocchino.com/html/millone.html

Now, for three player games. These are usually among the most interesting strategically.

The first that I’ll recommend is Ombre, one of the first bidding games:

http://www.pagat.com/lhombre/lhombre.html

Once again though, I’m going to point you toward the tarot family, as these include some of the best three player games.

First up, I recommend the 3 player version of the French game – it is a game that everyone should learn and its’ popularity is well deserved:

http://www.tarocchino.com/html/jeu_de_tarot.html

Now a Danish game that has its origins in Germany, this one is quite a bit harder to master but is well worth the challenge:

http://www.tarocchino.com/html/grosstarock.html

Tapp and its’ improved version, Illustrated Tapp is a little underrated. An excellent game in its own right but also a great introduction to the family often known as Tarock:

http://www.tarocchino.com/html/tapp.html

Point-Tarock is an under-recognized game of genius. The rules are rather elegant and the strategy, both challenging and fun:

http://www.tarocchino.com/html/point.html

Finally, another game from the same family as ottocento, this is not the most strategic but it is one of the more enjoyable:

http://www.tarocchino.com/html/terziglio.html

If you want more players, well the first I would suggest is an old favourite, Whist:

http://www.pagat.com/whist/whist.html

Then its’ cousin, Solo:

http://www.pagat.com/boston/solowhist.html

You should definitely look to Shalfkopf, an excellent and challenging German game:

http://web.archive.org/web/20050310131413/http://gauverbandnordamerika.com/library/schafkopf/

And now, back to my favourites, the Tarot family!

Once again, the French game, which is the most versatile, having versions for three, four and five players. The five player game is probably the most fun!:

http://www.tarocchino.com/html/jeu_de_tarot.html

This Konigrufen is an Austrian classic, lots of bonuses and bids to remember but you’ll be glad you tried it:

http://www.tarocchino.com/html/konigrufen.html

The Hungarian Tarock is very highly regarded by strategists and you should definitely try it. It is one of the three games that vie for the title of top card game:

http://www.tarocchino.com/html/hungarian.html

Now this one really is the top card game, the King of all card games, Ottocento. Fun, sophisticated, genius, and social:

http://www.tarocchino.com/html/ottocento.html

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