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Tarot card games are played with a Tarock pack, usually of 54 or 78 cards comprising four French suits and a special trump suit of Tarots or Tarocks. The following games are played with such packs: The following games are played with such packs:
If a card goes around the table and back to the player who first had it, he may place it in a discard pile next to the talon and draw the top card from the talon. When a player gets the fourth card needed to make up the set, he quickly throws the cards onto the table and calls loudly "Piggy!" (Schweinchen!). The other players do the same and ...
Three-handed whist, also known as widow whist, is a variant of the trick-taking game whist. "Widow" whist is named because of an extra hand that is dealt just to the left of the dealer. This extra hand is called the "widow" and players may have a chance to use the widow instead of their own hand.
3-5-8, also known as sergeant major for its popularity among members of the Royal Air Force, is a trick-taking card game for 3 players, based on whist, using a standard 52 card deck. 3-5-8 may be played as a gambling game, and there are many variations with names like "8-5-3" and "9-5-2" played throughout the world.
Pig is a simple, collecting card game of early 20th century American origin suitable for three to thirteen players that is played with a 52-card French-suited pack. It has two very similar and well known variants – donkey and spoons. It is often classed as a children's game. It may be descended from an old game called vive l'amour. [1]
Cinch, also known as Double Pedro or High Five, is an American trick-taking card game of the all fours family derived from Auction Pitch via Pedro. [1] Developed in Denver, Colorado in the 1880s, [2] it was soon regarded as the most important member of the all fours family in the USA, but went out of fashion with the rise of Auction Bridge. [3]
Players take turns to play a card in an counterclockwise direction and whoever produces the card of the largest value in the same suit collects all four cards and becomes the next dealer. In many variants, the holder of 2 ♣ starts the first trick, and any card can be played during the first trick other than exposed ones.
Buta no shippo (豚のしっぽ) is a Japanese card game. It literally means pig's tail in English. The game is usually played with three or more players. It can be considered a party game. This game makes an appearance in Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics under the name "Pig's Tail". [1]