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Welcome to the
CARD GAMES
web site

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.
Alphabetical Index of Card GamesAlphabetical index to rules of traditional card and tile games for two or more players, giving the number of players required.
Classified Index of Card GamesAnother index to traditional card and tile games, classified by mechanism and by objective, and including a list of children's games.
National and Regional GamesIndex of games arranged by country where they are played, and the types of cards they are played with.
Tile GamesSection for traditional games played with tiles: Chinese and Western Dominoes, Rummy tiles, etc.
Links to Other InformationLinks 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.
Commercial GamesA selection of games requiring a special proprietary pack of cards from a particular maker.
Solitaire GamesA collection of links to information about Solitaire (Patience) Games
Invented GamesReaders' contributions of newly created games and variations which can be played with existing cards or tiles.
General Mechanics of Card GamesSome basic rules, procedures and strategies that apply to most or all card games

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This site is maintained by John McLeod (john@pagat.com). Please send me e-mail if you find any errors, or have any comments or ideas for improvements, or if you would like to contribute something.
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This page is maintained by John McLeod.
© John McLeod, 1995 - 2009

Last updated 24th December 2009


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