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The composition is indicated in brackets thus: (suits x cards) e.g. (4 x AKQJT) means 4 suits each containing the Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten. The key to suits is: F = French-suited cards, G = German-suited cards, I = Italian-suited cards, Sp = Spanish-suited cards and Sw = Swiss-suited cards.
Sometimes games require the revealing or announcement of cards, at which point appropriate nicknames may be used if allowed under the rules or local game culture. King (K): Cowboy, [1] Monarch [1] King of Clubs (K ♣): Alexander [2] King of Spades (K ♠): David [2] King of Diamonds (K ♦): Julius Caesar, [2] Man with the Axe, [1] One-Eyed ...
Face card or court card – a jack, queen or king. Honour card – a card that attracts a special bonus or payment for being held or captured in play. [ 13 ] In bridge, honours are the aces, the court cards and tens (A, K, Q, J, 10); in whist and related games, the aces and courts (A, K, Q, J).
Named after the card game in which AJ (Or an Ace with a picture card or 10) is the highest possible hand Foamy Cleanser: Ajax [8] Hijack [23] As in "High-Jack" Jackass [24] Imitative of "Jack-Ace" Trapasso [25] Likely to be named after the American Football player A.J. Trapasso: AT Bookends: 2 ends of the highest straight [26] Johnny Moss
Players build a deck of 60 cards, with no more than three copies of cards having the same name in one deck. [7] The two constructed game formats, Blitz and Classic Constructed, have a different version of each Hero card. [5] The young version of each card is used in the Blitz format, which has a faster pace of play. [5]
Dragonmaster is a trick-taking card game. [1] The game comes with a deck of 33 character cards: four suits of eight cards each (king, queen, prince or princess, wizard, duke, count, baron, and fool) one dragon card; five special "hand" cards, each with a different trick-taking rule listed on the front: Don’t take the first or last trick.
Love Letter is a card game introduced in May 2012 and designed by Seiji Kanai. [1] Its first English-language edition was produced in the United States by Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) until 2018, when Love Letter was acquired by Z-Man Games (a subsidiary of Asmodee ).
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").