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War (also known as Battle in the United Kingdom) is a simple card game, typically played by two players using a standard playing card deck [1] — and often played by children. There are many variations, as well as related games such as the German 32-card Tod und Leben ("Death and Life").
1965 edition box art. Nuclear War is a collectible common-deck card game designed by Douglas Malewicki and originally published in 1965 that is a satirical simulation of an end-of-the-world scenario fought mostly with nuclear weapons. It is currently (as of 2012) published by Flying Buffalo, and has inspired several expansions.
Dixie is an out-of-print collectible card game that uses dice and special trading cards to allow players to refight famous American Civil War battles, such as the battles of First Bull Run, Shiloh, and Gettysburg. [2] It was produced in 1994 by Columbia Games with rules loosely based on its 'wooden block' series of games. [3]
Beggar-my-neighbour, also known as strip jack naked, beat your neighbour out of doors, [1] or beat jack out of doors, [2] or beat your neighbour, [3] is a simple choice-free card game. It is somewhat similar in nature to the children's card game War , and has spawned a more complicated variant, Egyptian ratscrew .
Contract rummy is a Rummy card game, based on gin rummy played by 3 to 8 players. [1] It appeared in the United States during the Second World War. [2] The game is also known as Combination rummy, Deuces Wild Rummy and Joker rummy, and a proprietary version of the game called Phase 10 was published in 1982.
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Up Front is a World War II card-based wargame.It was designed by Courtney F. Allen and published by Avalon Hill in 1983. Hasbro now owns the franchise, and at one time licensed it to Multi-Man Publishing, a license that has since expired without republication of the game.
During the Second World War a game referred to as troika (Russian troĭka, from troe "three"; akin to Old English thrīe "three") and the English version, three-spot, was played by war veterans in particular. These games were known for their bidding and trumping and the three in particular. The highest bid in these games was called a kaiser bid ...