The Mexican game Paco for up to 12 players using a 200-card Spanish deck has been added to the Conquian page.

New page on the Croatian game Trijumf for four players, a relative of the Italian games Madrasso and Marianna.

New page on Meksiko, a Serbian trick-taking game for 3 players.

New page on the trick-taking game Paublillo from the south-east of the Tolima department of Colombia.

New page on the Israeli game Jukha in which the objective is to collect four equal cards.

A new category Quota Whist Games has been created for plain-trick games in which each individual player has a quota of tricks to win.

New page on the Swedish 3-player Quota Whist game Bismarck and its variants in Britain and elsewhere.

New page on the Swedish game Kung och Adel in which each player has a social rank which they can improve by exceeding their quota of tricks to win.

The page on the Tanzanian game Albastini has been revised and expanded.

The Rummy game Benny from Dorset, England has been added to the Crazy Rummy page.

New page on the Spanish domino game Garrafina and its Mexican variant Correlativa.

New pages in German on 3-player Tarock from Kirchberg am Wechsel in Austria and 4-player Tarock from Nebraska, USA. English versions will follow.

As usual several German pages and several Invented Games have been added.

New page on Logic, a 4-player game from the West Coast of North America, in which teams try to deduce the locations of all the cards by showing cards to their partner and guessing cards held by the opponents.

New page on the Dutch Jass game Kruisjassen, played in the eastern Netherlands.

The page on Conquian now includes the Mexican version for 2 or 3 players and the related game of Navajo Tens.

New page on the Finnish beating game Knorri, also known as Hörri.

New page on Swoop, a North American game related to Shithead.

New page on Knock Poker and its Mexican variant Dompe, draw and discard games in which the aim is to collect the best Poker hand.

Rules of Kontra, a probable ancestor of Ristikontra played in Finland, have been added to the Ristikontra page.

New page on Checkmate, a children's game related to Crazy Eights played in Jordan and Palestine, in which anyone who plays an Ace can be given a King by another player.

New page on the 2-player Polish Jass game Derda, which is closely related to Clobyosh.

New page on Chambéry Tarot, a Tarot game for 3 to 5 players played in French Savoy at the start of the 20th century.

A new section on Online Casino Bonuses has been added to the Gambling page.

Several new German language pages and Invented games have been added.

New pages on Sancagna and Trionfetti, two games played with the Venetian 52-card pack.

New page on the two-player game Chouine from the Loire valley in France.

New pages on the Canadian three-player game Le Neuf (Nines) and the similar American game Clubs.

New page for the Iranian fishing game Ghârat (loot) in which players can capture cards from the table or from their opponents.

New page on Chinese Patience, a competitive patience (solitaire) game from England.

New page on the unusual Hungarian game Mura, a distant relative of Tressette.

The Poker variant Tahoe, a variant of Pineapple also known as Wichita Hold'em, has been added to the Texas Hold'em page.

Pages have also been added to the German edition and the Invented Games section.

New page on the 5-player Chinese climbing game Big A, in which the holders of two identical Aces are partners.

New page on several versions of Ramino Pokerato, Italian games combining aspects of Rummy and Poker.

New page on the Sudanese fishing game Shlla'at.

There are now English versions of some pages on Tarot games previously published in German: Tübingen Tarock, Tarot of the Abbé de Marolles (1637), Mitigatti (Nice, 1930).

The page on the Bavarian national game Schafkopf now has rules and information on variants.

The page on the popular Belgian variable partnership whist game Kleurenwiezen has been corrected and rewritten.

The page on the 17th century English trick avoidance game Losing Loadum now has full rules.

The page on the 17th century 2-player game Penneech in which each trick has a new trump suit now has full rules.

The page on the 5-player Korean game Mighty has been corrected and extensively updated.

The page on Italian Poker now explains its special betting system in detail.

As usual several pages have been added to the German edition and the Invented Games section.

New page on Kingen, the Flemish version of the compendium game King.

New page on Money, a children's card game played in Jordan, Syria and Egypt.

The Loo page now has rules for several historical and one current version of this game.

The page on the French Swiss game Brouc now has detailed rules.

The page on the Swedish game Skitgubbe and its relatives has been revised and several popular variants added.

New page on Nice Tarot (Mitigatti), currently in German only.

New page on the Tarot game described by the Abbé de Marolles in 1637, currently in German only.

The page on the American vying game 7-27 has been revised and expanded.

A variant Donkey that features a trump suit has been added to the Getaway page.

The page on the 2-player Tressette game Spizzicchino has been revised and more versions added.

Details of the Sicialian variant Col Monte have been added to the Briscola Chiamata page.

Ulf Martin has contributed and updated German versions of several pages.

Some more Invented Games have been added.

New page on Cirulla, a lively variant of Scopa played in Liguria, Italy, and its relative Cirullone.

New page on Baloot, a Jass game played in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

New page on Knüffeln, a descendant of the medieval game Karnöffel played in North Frisia, Germany, in which there are two 'chosen' suits some of whose cards function as partial trumps.

New page on the streamlined version of the Tarock game Königrufen played in the Salzburger Lungau in Austria.

New page on Knock Rummy in which the play can be stopped by a player who thinks they have the lowest value of unmelded cards.

New page on the Rummy game Spot from the west of Ireland.

The page on the Korean Rummy game Hoola has been rewritten and corrected.

Two British games were added: the commerce game Tuppenny Ha'penny Loo on the Schwimmen page and Tuppenny Ha'penny Bump, which is in fact a version of Nobble, on the Snip Snap Snorum page.

The Clobyosh page has been expanded and now contains details of the South African four-player partnership game.

The page on the Swedish game Stortok has been corrected and historical information added.

The variant Briscola a 31 has been added to the Briscola page, and Mariaccio and Briscola 151 have been added to the Marianna page.

New page on card and domino games in Cuba.

New index page for Sport Simulaton Games - most of them new inventions but including a few traditional games.

Several more translations and invented games added.

New page on the Jass game Kláber, played by ethnic Hungarians in northern Serbia.

New page on Sath-Aath (7-8), a simple Indian trick-taking game for two players.

New page on the Chinese solitaire domino game Xiàng Shí Fù.

New page on Brus, a Danish game of the ancient Karnöffel family, and the similar Icelandic game Brús.

New page on Auction Pinochle - the classic 3-player version of the game.

New page on the Tanzanian game Albastini, a distant relative of Portuguese Bisca.

New page on Boomke Wies, a Belgian Whist game with fixed partnerships.

A non-gambling version of the Russian multi-trick game Kozel has been added to the Kozel / Bura page.

The page on the Chinese domino connecting game Ce Deng (Tsair Deng) has been revised and expanded to cover the related game Jie Long.

A section on the related Russian game Tri Palki has been added to the Schwimmen page.

The related game Maniglia, played on the Italian mainland, has been added to the page on Sardinian Mariglia.

A section on Progressive Badugi has been added to the Badugi page.

The page on the game Dreeg from Nuremberg has been corrected and expanded.

More games have been added to the Invented Games and Proprietary Games collections.

New page on the Portuguese and Brazilian game Bisca and its variants.

New page on the Italian game Petrangola, sometimes known as 31, and its four-card variant Mambassa.

New page on the Hong Kong game Sap Ng Wu (十五湖), a climbing game played with a deck of 84 chinese domino cards, and related domino card games played in other parts of China.

New page on the Georgian game Joker, an exact bidding game featuring two Jokers which can be designated when played as high or low cards.

New page on the Romanian card game Filicău and its Hungarian relative Filkó.

New pages on the poker variants Swingo and Liege Lord.

New page on Stop the Bus, a British draw and discard game in the aim is to collect a good Brag hand.

New page on the Saudi Arabian card game Sab’at Al-Deemin (7 of diamonds), a relative of Fan Tan with partnerships and more elaborate scoring.

New page on Guo Wu Guan (過五關), a solitaire game with Chinese dominoes.

The page on the gambling game In Between, also sometimes known as Acey Deucey, Yablon or Red Dog, has been rewritten and expanded with detals of several variants.

The page on the North German game Fipsen has been expanded and updated, with information on different variants.

Some further variants have been added to the page on the children's game War.

New page on the Cuban domino game Longana, the probable ancestor of Mexican Train.

The Caribbean Domino page has been updated with a new section on Dominoes in Haiti and the Jamaican cross domino game French Dominoes has been moved to its own page.

New page on card and domino games in Haiti.

New page on the Jass game Kláber, played by ethnic Hungarians in northern Serbia.

New page on Sath-Aath (7-8), a simple Indian trick-taking game for two players.

New page on the Chinese solitaire domino game Xiàng Shí Fù.

New page on Brus, a Danish game of the ancienmt Karnöffel family, and the similar Icelandic game Brús.

New page on Auction Pinochle - the classic 3-player version of the game.

New page on the Tanzanian game Albastini, a distant relative of Portuguese Bisca.

New page on Boomke Wies, a Belgian Whist game with fixed partnerships.

A non-gambling version of the Russian multi-trick game Kozel has been added to the Kozel / Bura page.

The page on the Chinese domino connecting game Ce Deng (Tsair Deng) has been revised and expanded to cover the related game Jie Long.

A section on the related Russian game Tri Palki has been added to the Schwimmen page.

The related game Maniglia, played on the Italian mainland, has been added to the page on Sardinian Mariglia.

A section on Progressive Badugi has been added to the Badugi page.

The page on the game Dreeg from Nuremberg has been corrected and expanded.

More games have been added to the Invented Games and Proprietary Games collections.

The page on Minchiate (also known as Germini), the famous Florentine game played with an expanded Tarocchi pack of 97 cards, now has full rules of the classic game and tips on strategy.

The page on the 62-card Bolognese Tarocchi game Ottocento (800) has been revised and corrected, and an extensive strategy section has been added.

New page on Mariglia, a game of the Manille group played in Sardinia.

New page on Bruus, a German game of the Karnöffel family played in North Friesland.

New page on the 3-player Game to Lose, a reverse version of Nine-Card Don played in the West Midlands of England.

New page on the domino game Honest John, played with a 9-9 set in North West England.

New page on the Indian gambling game Andar Bahar and the similar game Katti.

New page on the Korean domino game Jjak-mat-chu-gi (making pairs).

A new section on the German variant Hurrikan has been added to the Scopa page.

A section on Barbu with Chips has been added to the variations section of the Barbu page.

Rules of the Chinese domino game Tsung Shap have been corrected.

New page on 3-2-5 (Teen-Do-Panch), a three-player game with 30 cards played in Pakistan, India and Nepal in which each player has a different quota of tricks.

The Italian game Scopa now has its own page, separate from Scopone, with more variants, including the Tunisian version Chkobba and the 36-card Corsican version.

New page on Dreeg, sometimes known as Nürnberger Dreck, a four-player game played in and around Nuremberg consisting of a series of sub-games that are variants of 66.

New page on Tartli, also known as Felsős in Hungary and Tartl in Austria, a two-player Jass game in which cards are drawn after each trick, with extra scores for combinations in hand.

New page on Crazy Rummy, also known as Lamsees, Beanie and many other names, a Rummy variant played mostly in North America where each of the 13 deals has a different wild card, beginning with Ace and ending with King.

New page on Biriba, a popular Canasta-like game from Greece.

New page on Joker Karo, also known as Leng, a rummy-like game from Sumatra but with no drawing or discarding since all the cards are dealt out at the start.

New page on the Hungarian game Asszorti, a fairly straightforward game for three players using 36 cards, based on Preferánsz but incorporating some features from Tarokk.

New page on the Afghan game Teka for four players in which the highest bidder chooses trumps.

New page on Australian Patience which can be played as a one-player solitaire or as a two-player competitive game, either turn based or as a race.

The variant Cadillac has been added to the page on the North-American game of 3-card Scat or 31.

Several pages have been added to the German edition, including pages on Tarocchi in Sicily and in the Swiss canton Ticino.

New page on Sidi Barrani, a Swiss Jass game for four players in partnerships, based on the well-known game Schieber Jass with the addition of Bridge-like bidding.

New page on the Latvian national game Zole, a relative of Schafkopf for three players.

New page on Tàihé A Bāo (泰和A包), a Chinese climbing game for four players using a 40-card pack without 2s, 3s, and 8s, in which the bidder plays against a team of three opponents.

New page on Ta Gou Ta Doi (搭九搭对), a rummy-like game played in Malaysia using Chinese Chess pieces as cards.

Rules for the related trick-taking games Jū mǎ pāo, Sang Krip and Dǎ qí luò played with Chinese Chess pieces used as cards, have been added to the Giog page.

The page on Differenzler Jass, a card game made famous by the weekly Swiss TV programme Samschtig Jass, now has rules for several versions of the game.

A second Peruvian version of the South American contract rummy game Telefunken has been added.

Several games have been added to the Invented Games and Proprietary Games collections.

New page on Palatinate Schafkopf - a version of Schafkopf played in the German Palatinate (Pfalz).

The Palatinate version of Ramsch has been added to the Schieberamsch page.

New page on the Estonian game Saskop, a relative of Schafkopf, also known as Sasku or Lambapea.

New page on Giog, a trick-taking game played with Chinese Chess pieces. This is a Malaysian version of a Chinese and Southeast Asian game also known as Wheel Chess (Chēlún qí zhàn), Chariot-horse-cannon (Jū mǎ bāo) and various other names.

New page on the Greek card game 31, a light-hearted gambling game traditionally played at New Years Eve parties.

New page on the Indonesian domino game QiuQiu (or KiuKiu), a relative of the Chinese domino gambling game Pai Gow.

New page on California Speed, a game of observation and fast reactions, and the related games Frustration and Aggravation.

New page on Trash, an American children's game for two or more players.

More variants including Northern Durak (Durak Seevrnyi) and Durak with a passcard (Durak s proyezdnym) added to the pages on Podkidnoy Durak and Perevodnoy Durak.

Power card variant Cactus added to the Golf page.

The description of the variant Sueca Italiana of the Portuguese game Sueca has been corrected and expanded.

Swiss variant Hosa Aba added to the Schwimmen page.

The rules of the Greek game Kontsina have been corrected.

Several games have been added to the Invented Games collection.

Several more pages have been translated into German.

New page on the popular game Gaigel played in Würtemberg, Germany.

The Baccarat page has been rewritten and expanded with details of several versions including the famous game Chemin de Fer.

New page on the Tarock game Dreierles, an ancestor of Cego played in Central Baden, Germany.

New page on the traditional Italian games Cucù and Lu Stù played with cuckoo cards.

New page on Bauernstoss, an old version of German Schafkopf still played in some villages in the Palatinate.

New page on Kontsina, a straightforward Greek fishing game for 2 players.

New page on Xeri, a Greek game in which the play pile is captured by matching its top card.

New page on Diloti, a sophisticated Greek fishing game for 2 or 4 players, similar to the north Eurpoean game Casino.

New page on Rússi, a Whist game without trumps played in Iceland.

Major update of the page on the Chinese game Zhăo Péngyou (Looking for Friends).

The Video Poker page has been rewritten and expanded and now has details of the game, variants and odds.

New page for the Polynesian country Tonga.

Several games have been added to the Invented Games collection.

Several more pages have been translated into German.

New page on Vint, the late 19th century Russian game from which Skruuvi involved.

New page on the three-deck game Canastone, also known as Italian Canasta.

The description of the 5-player Italian game Briscola Chiamata has been corrected, expanded and moved to its own page.

Schembil, the 6-player Sicilian and North African Briscola variant, has been added to the Briscola page.

New page on Hazari (1000), a partition game played in Bangladesh and Bhutan.

New page on the popular Russian game Perevodnoy Durak.

The American variant Crazy Eights Countdown has been added to the Crazy Eights page.

A group of variants of 4-card Golf with power cards variously known as Cambio, Capo, Combia, etc. have been added to the Golf page.

New page on Responsible Gambling added to the gambling section.

Five more reviews added to the Poker Books page, and Diablo added to the 5-Card Draw Poker page.

Several games have been added to the Invented Games collection and the Commercial Games page.

Several more pages have been translated into German.

New page on Slovak Lórum, a distant relative of the Hungarian game with the same name.

The page on the domino trick-taking game Bingo has been completely rewritten.

The descriptions of Jamaican Partner Dominoes and French Dominoes have been expanded and corrected.

New page on the Norwegian game Amerikaner and the related Icelandic game Kani.

Rules for the Pakistani game Hidden Rung have been added to the Court Piece / Rang page.

New page on the North American game Rook Sluff.

New page on the two-player Whist variant Turnover Bridge.

New page on the draw and discard game Down and Back from Lancashire, England.

New general page on Gambling, Casino Games and Odds.

Several games have been added to the Invented Games collection and the Commercial Games page.

Several more pages have been translated into German.

New page on the South African Indian Jass game Thunee and the related Nigerian game Thuni.

New page on the Polish game Pan.

Link to rules for Hachi-Hachi (88) - the classic Japanese flower card game.

The Blackjack (21) page has been completely rewritten and now includes information on strategy and card counting, and some book recommendations.

Rules for the double deck Swedish Kasino variant Mulle added to the Nordic Casino page.

The page for the Keralan Jass game 28 has been updated and corrected.

Further variants of the Russian game Verish' Ne Verish' have been added.

The page on Casino games based on Texas Hold'em has been rewritten and now includes rules for Texas Hold'em Bonus.

Several more games have been added to the Invented Games section and some more pages have been translated into German.

New page on Handjass, a well-known Swiss Jass game.

New page on Panjpar, an Afghan card game for two players made famous by Khaled Hosseini's novel 'The Kite Runner'.

New page on Vändtia, the Swedish game which is probably the direct ancestor of the popular game Shithead, which was spread around the world by young backpackers at the end of the 20th century.

New page on Canadian Salad, a compendium game from North America.

New page on Dingo, an unusual game played in Cleveland, Ohio.

New page on Mate, a 2-player perfect information card game invented in Germany in the early 20th century.

New page on Snitch'ems, a late 18th century fishing game from Yorkshire.

The Pot Limit Omaha poker variant Binglao has been added to the Omaha page.

The page on the Korean flower card game Go Stop has been updated, with some corrections and several extra variants.

Crates page updated with further information on its history and more variations.

Several games have been added to the Invented Games section and some more pages have been translated into German.

The Royal Casino page includes new sections on Casino in the Dominican Republic, the game Tuxedo played with Rook cards, and some other variants.

The Nordic Casino page has detailed information on the versions of Kasino played in Sweden and Finland.

New page on the Swedish reverse fishing game Krypkasino in which the aim is to avoid capturing scoring cards.

New page on the old game Giltspiel, ancestor of the Tyrolean game Perlaggen.

New pages on two unusual games from Cleveland, Ohio: Ribs and Democracy

New page on the Indonesian inflation game Cangkul and the related Spanish and Portuguese games of Burro.

New page on the game of Vitou from Nice, France.

New page on the game Tres y Dos from the Dominican Republic.

New page on the traditional card game Horse Race with a variant in which the horses are auctioned, contributed by Roland Scheicher.

New page on Vändåtta, a Swedish variant of Crazy Eights.

New page on a version of 78-card Tarock played in Tübingen, Germany around 1890 (German text only).

The page on the Dutch domino game Nos has been revised and corrected, and the game Billitonnen traditionally played afterwards has been added to the Blind Hughie page.

The Knockout Whist / Rat / Scrounge page has been updated and more variants added.

The variants Briscolone and Briscola Scoperta have been added to the Briscola page.

The Indonesian variant Main Merah was added to the Chinese Ten page.

The Dutch poker variant Seven Card Draw Poker was added to the Draw Poker page.

As usual, several games have been added to the Invented Games and Commercial Games sections, and several more pages have been translated into German.

New page on Goita, an unusual game played in Japan with 32 chess cards.

New page on the Chinese and Japanese versions of 51, in which the aim is to collect five cards of one suit by exchanging cards.

The Cuttle page has been rewritten, and now has a more comprehensive set of rules as well as the original FAQ.

New page on Troefcall, a whist-like game played in Suriname and the Netherlands.

Details of the Norwegian game Mattis and the Finnish games Myllymatti and Koira have been added to the Skitgubbe page.

New page on Sedmice, a game played in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia.

Irish Poker, a variant of Pineapple Poker, has been added to the Poker Variants collection.

Details of the Arizona version of the adding game 98 have been added to the 98/99/100 page.

New page with links to the rules of Arlington and Fortune Rummy.

As usual, several games have been added to the Invented Games and Commercial Games sections, and several more pages have been translated into German.

New page on Guàn Dàn (throwing eggs), a partnership Chinese climbing game for 4 players.

New page on the popular Czech game Sedma.

New page on Russian Poker, a casino game in which players can make two hands with six cards.

New page on Marianna, an Italian relative of Briscola in which marriages are used to make trumps.

New page on 501, a Russian hybrid of 1000 and 66.

New page on Žandari, a Bosnian fishing game.

The Italian game Machiavelli has been added to the Manipulation Rummy page.

The Icelandic and Norwegian versions have been added to the Cucumber page.

The French Poker variant Courchevel has been added to the Omaha page.

The Romanian game Tabinet has been added to the Tablić page.

The page on the Czech game Dudák has been rewritten and corrected.

Major updates to the pages on the Korean games Go Stop and Hoola - corrections and further variants.

As usual, several games have been added to the Invented Games and Commercial Games sections, and several more pages have been translated into German.

New page on Candyman, also known as Drug Dealer, and a new group Role Games in which cards are used to assign secret identities to the players has been added to the classified index.

New page on the stops game Snip Snap Snorum and its variants.

New page on the children's game Snap.

New page on the ancient gambling game Lansquenet and its modern Italian variant Zecchinetta.

New page on the Canadian game Charlemagne.

New page on Ribs, an unusual game played by students in Cleveland, Ohio.

New page on Bestia, an Italian gambling game in which a player who stays in and wins no tricks has to pay the pot.

As usual, several games have been added to the Invented Games and Commercial Games sections, and several more pages have been translated into German.

New page on Open Face Chinese Poker with detailed rules and variants.

New page on the Punjabi game Getaway, also known as Bhabhi.

New page on the Polish games Kop and Baśka played with just 16 cards.

New page on Call Bridge, a four-player game of tricks, trumps and bidding played in Bangladesh.

New page on Porrazo, a fishing game played in the southwest USA and possibly also in Mexico.

The page on the Czech national game Mariáš now includes full rules for Auction Mariáš.

The Double Solitaire page now includes the version with simultaneous play.

The Yaniv page now includes rules for the equivalent Nepali game known as Jhyap or Dhumbal.

As usual, several games have been added to the Invented Games and Commercial Games sections, and several more game rules pages have been translated into German.

New page on 5000 Rummy, a popular North American rummy game with many alternative names and variants, in which the players begin with different numbers of cards, the hand size being determined by the first card dealt to the player.

New page on Nomination Whist, a name used in Britain for at least three different games. It is an alternative name for Oh Hell!, but can also refer to Noms, a game played in the British Royal Navy, or to Clag, a game similar to Oh Hell! but with some special deals added. New pages have been published for these last two games.

New page on the Turkish tile rummy game Okey 101, which differs from normal Okey in that the players begin with more tiles and combinations are melded during the game, with a minimum initial meld value of 101.

New page on the Austrian games Anrufen and Königrufen played by 4 players with 32 or 24 cards - the latter not to be confused with the better known Tarock game also called Königrufen.

The Chinese Poker page now includes the recently popular Open Face variant.

The Pig page has a new section on Vatra and Magarac, variants played in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

As usual, several games have been added to the Invented Games and Commercial Games sections, and several more game rules pages have been translated into German.

New statistics page with information on the most visited pages, recently added pages, pages with a recent increase in visitors, plus editor's recommendations of games to try, with a summary on the Home Page.

An RSS feed is now available on the What's New page, providing the same occasional summary of major updates to pagat.com.

The Burraco page now has rules of the Italian game, and there are separate pages on the Brazilian version of Buraco and the Argentinean tile game Burako.

New page on La Coinche, a popular variant of the French game Belote, with bidding.

The Casino page now includes details of the version of Kasino played in Sweden and Finland.

The Go Fish / Authors / Quartet page now has details of variants played in Australia, Indonesia and Thailand.

New page on games in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

New page on the game of Tablić played in Serbia and some other countries of the former Yugoslavia.

Two versions of Polish Taroki added: calling the XIX on the Czech Taroky page and calling the King on a new page.

New page on the Thai game Sam Sip (Mixing Tens).

New page on the German two-handed game 66 (Sechsundsechzig), and the page on the related Austrian game Schnapsen has been revised and corrected.

The page on the Canadian game Hockey has been updated, and now includes rules for an older version dating from the 1960's.

The page on Caribbean Kalooki has been expanded to include the version played in Trinidad and Tobago as well as the better known Jamaican version.

Several Invented and Commercial games gave been added.