OBJECTIVE OF CANDYMAN: Fulfill your role and score points. NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 4+ players NUMBER OF CARDS: 52 card deck TYPE OF GAME: Role Play AUDIENCE: All Ages INTRODUCTION TO CANDYMAN Candyman or Drug Dealer uses playing cards to assign players secret roles in the game. The game needs only 4 players, but works best with a group of people. Set-Up Using … Read moreCandyman (Drug Dealer)
OBJECTIVE OF SHANGHAI: Play all cards in hand by melding them. NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 3-5 players MATERIALS OF SHANGHAI: Two 52 card decks TYPE OF GAME: Card Game AUDIENCE: All Ages OVERVIEW OF SHANGHAI Shanghai, which will be discussed in this article, is a variation of manipulation rummy. More commonly, there is a version of Shanghai called Shanghai Rummy … Read moreSHANGHAI RULES
OBJECTIVE OF MACHIAVELLI: Play all cards in hand. NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2-5 players NUMBER OF CARDS: Two 52 card decks RANK OF CARDS: A (high), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, A (low) TYPE OF GAME: (Manipulation) Rummy AUDIENCE: All Ages INTRODUCTION TO MACHIAVELLI Machiavelli is an Italian card game with Rummy roots. Since this … Read moreMachiavelli
OBJECTIVE OF CRASH: Construct the highest value 3-card hands. NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 4 players NUMBER OF CARDS: 52 card deck RANK OF CARDS: A (high), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 TYPE OF GAME: Matching AUDIENCE: All Ages INTRODUCTION TO CRASH Crash is a variant of Brag or Three Card Brag that uses 13-card hands as opposed to 3-card … Read moreCrash (13 Card Brag)
OBJECTIVE OF MANILA: Win the pot! NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 4+ players NUMBER OF CARDS: 32 card deck (52 card deck with 6s-2s removed) RANK OF CARDS: A (high), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7 TYPE OF GAME: Casino AUDIENCE: Adult INTRODUCTION TO MANILA Manila or Seven Up Poker is a variant on Texas Hold ‘Em. This is a popular variant in Australian Casinos and is unique … Read moreManila
OBJECTIVE OF 2-7 TRIPLE DRAW: Win the pot! NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2+ players NUMBER OF CARDS: standard 52-card RANK OF CARDS: A (high), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 TYPE OF GAME: Casino AUDIENCE: Adult INTRODUCTION TO 2-7 TRIPLE DRAW 2-7 Triple Draw or Deuce to Seven Triple Draw is a lowball variant of Draw poker. … Read more2-7 Triple Draw
OBJECTIVE OF BURRO: Take tricks and try to play all your cards first! NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 3-8 players NUMBER OF CARDS: 48-card Spanish suited deck RANK OF CARDS: K, Horse, Maid, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (A) TYPE OF GAME: Trick-Taking AUDIENCE: Adult INTRODUCTION TO BURRO Burro is the Spanish word for Donkey and is the name … Read moreBurro
OBJECTIVE OF CHINESE CHECKERS: Be the first player to get all your pieces to “home.” MATERIALS: Star-shaped Checker board, 60 pegs (6 different colored sets of 10) NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2, 3, 4, or 6 players TYPE OF GAME: Board game AUDIENCE: All ages OVERVIEW OF CHINESE CHECKERS RULES Chinese Checkers is a strategy board game, and despite the name, the … Read moreCHINESE CHECKERS RULES
OBJECTIVE OF KARNÖFFEL: Win 3 of the 5 tricks in each round. NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2, 4, 6, or 8 players (4+ play in partnerships) NUMBER OF CARDS: standard 52-card RANK OF CARDS: K (high), Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 TYPE OF GAME: Trick-Taking AUDIENCE: Adult INTRODUCTION TO KARNÖFFEL Karnöffel (from the German … Read moreKARNÖFFEL
Any card game enthusiast, whether beginner or pro, has undoubtedly played a Rummy game. Rummy games all have the same basic feature of matching or melding cards of either the same rank, suit, or sequence. Over the years, the game has evolved to include tons of variations. The widespread view is that Rummy games are … Read moreRUMMY CARD GAMES
OBJECTIVE OF TROGGU: Fulfill the trick requirements and win points (or try not to). NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 3-8 players NUMBER OF CARDS: 62 card Swiss Tarot Deck (78 pack with omissions) RANK OF CARDS: Discussed in detail below. TYPE OF GAME: Tarot/Trick-Taking AUDIENCE: Adult INTRODUCTION TO TROGGU Troggu, also known as Trogga or Tappä, is a Tarot game played in German speaking area of Switzerland called … Read moreTroggu
OBJECTIVE OF CHINESE POKER: Construct three poker hands which will beat your opponent’s hands. NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 4 players NUMBER OF CARDS: standard 52-card RANK OF CARDS: A (high), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 TYPE OF GAME: Casino AUDIENCE: Adult INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE POKER Chinese Poker is a Chinese gambling game that is … Read moreChinese Poker
