How to Play Skat: Rules of the German Card Game
Learn how to play Skat, the German three-player card game: the deal, skat bidding values, jacks as trumps, game values with matadors, and scoring.
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How to Play Big Two: Rules of the Climbing Card Game
Learn the Big 2 card game: the deal, the 3 of diamonds start, singles to five-card hands, suit order, why the 2 is boss and how penalty scoring works.
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How to Play Pitch: Card Game Rules and Scoring
Learn the pitch card game: six cards each, one round of bids, the pitcher's lead sets trumps, and High, Low, Jack and Game decide every hand.
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How to Play Tonk: Rules of the Rummy Card Game
Learn how to play Tonk, the five-card knock rummy: the deal, spreads and hits, tonking out, dropping, getting caught, card values and simple point scoring.
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How to Play Spoons: Rules for the Card Game
How to play Spoons: the deal, passing cards around the table, grabbing a spoon on four of a kind, spelling S-P-O-O-N, variants and safe play for kids.
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How to Play Shut the Box: Rules, Scoring and Odds
Shut the box rules explained: rolling one or two dice, which tiles you can flip, how scoring works, popular variants and the real odds of a perfect zero.
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How to Play Clock Solitaire: Rules and Odds
Clock solitaire rules in plain steps: the 13-pile clock layout, how each card moves, why the fourth King ends it, and the exact 1 in 13 odds of winning.
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How to Play Liar’s Dice: Rules, Bidding and Odds
Liar's dice rules explained: hidden dice, bidding on the whole table, wild 1s, calling Liar and spot on, plus an odds table for telling a bid from a bluff.
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How to Play Scopa: Rules of the Italian Card Game
Learn the Scopa card game: the 40-card deck, capturing by match or sum, sweeping the table for a scopa, primiera values, scoring and the race to 11.
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How to Play Nertz: Rules for the Fast Solitaire Race
The Nertz card game is solitaire played as a race. Learn the deal, the shared foundations, the stuck rule, +1 and minus 2 scoring and the race to 100.