Card game facts for kids

The Card Players, 17th-century painting by Theodoor Rombouts

A card game is any game using playing cards, either traditional or game-specific. There is a virtually infinite varety of card games in existance, including families of related games (such as poker). Some games have formally standardized rules, while rules for others can vary by region, or personal preferences.

Although many games have special decks of cards, the standard deck contains 52 cards in four suits (clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades) and thirteen ranks running from two (deuce) to ten, jack, queen, king, and ace.

Some common card games are poker, bridge, blackjack, and solitaire

There are trading card games like Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! that use special packs. These games often involve fighting role-play.

Images for kids

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  Preferans, a trick-taking card game version popular in Croatia

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  The Card Players – a painting by Paul Cézanne, 1895.

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  Historically, card games such as whist and contract bridge were opportunities for quiet socializing, as shown in this 1930s magic lantern slide photo taken in Seattle, Washington.

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  A Chinese playing card dated c. 1400 AD, Ming dynasty

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  Mamluk playing card (king of cups), c.15th century

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  Chinese mother-of-pearl gambling tokens used in scoring and bidding of card games.

See also

In Spanish: Juego de naipes para niños