CARD GAMES

Welcome to pagat.com bringing you rules and information about card and tile games from all parts of the world

What's New

24th December 2009: Summary of the main additions and changes over the last few months. A detailed list of all pagat.com pages and when each was last updated is available on the site map page.

Tile Games

Section for traditional games played with tiles: Chinese and Western Dominoes, Rummy tiles, etc.

Invented Games

Readers' contributions of newly created games and variations which can be played with existing cards or tiles.

Solitaire Games

A collection of links to information about Solitaire (Patience) Games

Classified Index

Another index to traditional card and tile games, classified by mechanism and by objective, and including a list of children's games.

Links

Links to sources of card games software, places to play cards online, other collections of card game rules, information about playing-cards, sources of cards and equipment, card game books, discussion groups, tournaments and meetings, gambling and casinos, resources for game designers, playing-card bitmaps and fonts and information on card tricks.

Alphabetical Index

Alphabetical index to rules of traditional card and tile games for two or more players, giving the number of players required.

National & Regional Games

Index of games arranged by country where they are played, and the types of cards they are played with.

Commercial Games

A selection of games requiring a special proprietary pack of cards from a particular maker.

General Mechanics of Card Games

Some basic rules, procedures and strategies that apply to most or all card games

Contributions, Feedback and Discussion

This site is maintained by John McLeod (john@pagat.com). Please send me an e-mail if you find any errors, or have any comments or ideas for improvements, or if you would like to contribute something. The policy page of pagat.com has further information on the aims of the site, and details of how you can contribute to its development, how to advertise on the site, and the site privacy policy.