Look no further than this list of six exciting,international card games.
Card games and their fundamental concepts have spread with human travel through cultures and across oceans.
Most games fall within several standard categorizationstrump games, fishing games, trick-taking games, and shedding games.
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Often block-printed, early Chinese cards may have been used in addition to other game pieces such as dice.
Other early playing cards were found inMamluk Egypt(the period about 1250-1517).
A mix of Latin and Germanic suits developed into the well-known French-suited deck now seen globally.
“The Card Players” by Theodoor Rombouts, oil on canvas, early 17th century, Residenzgalerie Salzburg. (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public domain])
The Card Players by Theodoor Rombouts, oil on canvas, early 17th century, Residenzgalerie Salzburg.
However, this style of card deck is only one of many which are in use internationally.
The cards commonly used in America are aFrench-suited deck.
A French suit deck of 52 cards, as most commonly seen in the United States. (Photo:Stock Photosfrom IAN DIKHTIAR/Shutterstock)
Other suits exist and are calledstandard patterns.
Italian decks are oftenstripped decks, meaning the cards number less than 52.
Other decks of cards may be game-specific and lack suits altogether, such as MexicanLoteriacards.
Lotería boards for the classic Mexican card game. (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public domain])
confirm to use the right cards for each game.
A French suit deck of 52 cards, as most commonly seen in the United States.
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Classic loteria cards.
Classic lotería cards. (Photo:Stock Photosfrom LORENZA OCHOA/Shutterstock)
To play, each player needs a standard 52-card deck with a unique color or design.
Players do so by communally building in sequence rather like a group game of solitaire.
Grab some decks of cards and check out the detailedinstructionsfor this fun game.
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Also played in Cyprus, the game is known asBasraand variations exist throughout Lebanon and the Middle East.
Fishing games have the objective of collecting cards under a series of rules.Pistiis played with a standard 52-card deck.
Four players discard, trying to match the number of their card to the card below.
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In this way, a player can capture the discarded cards.
A jack allows a player to automatically capture the cards any turn.
The captured cards are worth specific point values.
Women’s Whist Club Congress, April 1906, at the Southern Hotel, St. Louis. Drawing by Marguerite Martyn, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 24, 1906. (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public domain])
To learn more about the scoring and rules, you’re free to find detailedinstructions online.
Drawing by Marguerite Martyn, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 24, 1906.
Using a standard 52-card deck, the object is to rid oneself of all of one’s cards.
19th century designs of an Italian deck of cards. (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public domain])
A printed Ming Dynasty playing card, c. 1400.
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The knave of coins from the earliest known Italian playing cards, produced between 1390 and 1410. (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public domain])
A printed Ming Dynasty playing card, c. 1400. (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public domain])
