99
This is an easy adding card game, for 2 or more players, in which the values of
the cards are added together as they are played in a single pile (pile score).
The object of the game is to avoid taking the pile score over 99.
More information can be found at:
http://www.99cards.co.nz/instructions.html
Bridge, Social
Contract or rubber bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking
card game of skill and chance (the relative proportions depend on the variant
played). It is played by four players who form two partnerships (sides); the
partners sit opposite each other at a table. The game consists of the auction
(often called bidding) and play, after which the hand is scored.
More information can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_bridge
Bridge, Duplicate
In duplicate bridge each hand is played at several other tables during the
session, under the same conditions. Unlike rubber bridge, which depends heavily
on being dealt good hands to win, your final score at duplicate depends only on
how well you bid and play the cards you actually hold, not on how "good" those
cards are.
More information can be found at: http://www.acbl.org/learn/introDuplicate.html
Bunco
Strictly speaking, Bunco is a game of dice, played in rounds. Players take turns
rolling the dice and trying to accumulate as many points as possible to win each
round. The game is played at tables of four in competing teams of two. Players
will tell you that Bunco is actually a social event. It's a party. It's a blast!
More information can be found at:
http://www.worldbunco.com/rules.html
Cribbage
Cribbage is a card game for from two to four players in which the score is kept
by inserting small pegs into holes arranged in rows on a small board.
More information can be found at: http://www.cribbage.org/rules/rule1.asp
Euchre
Euchre is a popular card game across a wide area of Canada, from Nova Scotia to
the Midwest) and in the USA (especially in the North-East and Midwest), and also
in the United States Navy. It is a plain-trick game, usually with four players
in fixed partnerships, partners sitting opposite.
More information can be found at: http://www.pagat.com/euchre/euchre.html
Five-Handed Sheepshead
Sheepshead is a card game typically played with three to five
players, although two-, six- and even seven-player versions exist. Indeed,
sitting down to a game of Sheepshead often involves negotiating table rules,
much like poker. In Milwaukee, a five-handed version seems to be the most
popular.
More information can be found at:
Hand and Foot
Hand and Foot is a North American game related to Canasta, in which each player
is dealt two sets of cards - the hand, which is played first, and the foot,
which is played when the hand has been used up. There are numerous variations of
this game and no standard rules.
More information can be found at: http://www.pagat.com/rummy/handfoot.html
Mah Jongg
Mah Jongg is a tile game for four players that originated in China. Mah Jongg
involves skill, strategy, and calculation, as well as a certain degree of luck.
Depending on the variation which is played, luck can be anything from a minor to
a dominant factor in success.
More information can be found at: http://www.mahjongg.com/begin.htm
Mexican Train
Mexican Train is a domino game, played mainly in the USA. It is probably best
for four or more players. There are a number of versions of this game.
More information can be found at: http://www.pagat.com/domino/train.html
Pegs & Jokers
This is a wooden board game played with cards and pegs going around the board
(can be played by 2, 4, 6, or 8 people.
More information can be found at: http://sg.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060624110412AA2mxwo
Pinochle
Pinochle is a trick-taking game typically for two, three or four players and
played with a 48 card deck. Players score points by trick-taking and also by
forming combinations of cards into melds. Each hand is played in three phases:
bidding, melds, and tricks. Variants of Pinochle can be played with three, five,
six, eight or more players.
More information can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinochle
Poker
Poker is a popular type of card game in which players gamble on the superior
value of the card combination ("hand") in their possession, by placing a bet
into a central pot. The winner is the one who holds the hand with the highest
value according to an established hand rankings hierarchy, or otherwise the
player who remains "in the hand" after all others have folded (the player who
makes an un-called bet). Poker has many variations, all following a similar
pattern of play.
More information can be found at: http://www.poker.com/game/
Rummikub
The object of Rummikub is to be the first to eliminate all the tiles from your
rack by forming them into sets of runs and groups, and then melding them onto
the table. Your objective, therefore, is to keep as few points in your hand as
possible.
More information can be found at: http://www.pagat.com/rummy/rummikub.html
Scrabble
Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by
forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a
15-by-15 grid. The words are formed across and down in crossword fashion.
More information can be found at: http://www.hasbro.com/games/adult-games/scrabble/home.cfm?