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Pagat.com is a website containing rules to hundreds of card games from all over the world. Maintained by John McLeod , it contains information for traditional, commercial, and newly invented card games from all over the world.
John McLeod (born 1949) is a British mathematician, author, historian and card game researcher who is particularly well known for his work on tarot games as well as his reference website pagat.com which contains the rules for over 500 card games worldwide.
James Bond (also Lemon, [citation needed] Atlantis or Chanhassen) is a matching card game where players compete to see who can assemble piles of four-of-a-kind the fastest. [1] Pagat.com describes it as a widespread children's game which "seems to be of fairly recent origin", and popular in California. [1]
John McLeod of London, England, is a leading card game authority who maintains Pagat.com, a treasure trove of information on all card games. He says euchre originated from the Alsatian game Jucker.
In the game as described by John McLeod at pagat.com, players draw for the first deal, the highest card winning. If three to five play, 10 cards are dealt to each player in the first deal; if six play, 8 cards, and, if seven play, 7 cards.
Nerts (US), [1] or Racing Demon (UK), [1] is a fast-paced multiplayer card game involving multiple decks of playing cards. It is often described as a competitive form of Patience or Solitaire . In the game, players or teams race to get rid of the cards in their "Nerts pile" by playing them in sequences from aces upwards, either into their ...
Eldest hand is the first player dealt a 3 as an upcard. If no player has 3 face up, then the first player to declare a 3 in hand starts. If no-one has a 3, then the game is started by the person dealt a 4, etc. Eldest leads off by playing a card or set of cards face up in the middle of the table to start a common wastepile.
Play the classic trick-taking card game. Lead with your strongest suit and work with your partner to get 2 points per hand.