Card Games

Resources in this category:

About.com: Board/Card Games
http://boardgames.about.com/

A guide to board and card games of all kinds, with feature articles, Website links, and discussion forums. Games covered include backgammon, Battleship, checkers, chess, Clue, Mah Jongg, Monopoly, Risk, and Scrabble. Other topics include game collecting, game history, inventor resources, and clubs & associations.

About.com: Card Games
http://boardgames.about.com/od/cardgames/Card_Games.htm

"Resources for card games including Bridge, Poker, Rummy, Hearts and Spades." Links to rules for these and many more card games.

The Bridge World
http://www.bridgeworld.com/

Resource for bridge players, from the publishers of Bridge World magazine. Includes an Introduction to Bridge, bridge practice and puzzles, a bridge glossary, and an index to articles in Bridge World magazine.

Card Games
http://www.pagat.com/

"A collection of rules of card games and related information. These pages aim to provide descriptions of games from all parts of the world played with playing-cards, dominoes and tiles." Each game contains a description and rules (much like an online version of Hoyle's) plus links to other Web sites about the game. Games are listed alphabetically and by type.

Card Trick Central
http://www.cardtricksite.com/

Card Trick Central contains free card tricks on an easy, intermediate, and hard level. Each card trick explains the effect of how the card trick looks when performed, and then the background information on how to execute it. Also included is is a glossary of card trick terminology, how to submit card tricks, and links to other sites.

Game Cabinet
http://www.centralconnector.com/GAMES/GameCab.html

Have you lost the rules to that board or card game sitting in your closet? Then check out this site, which has the rules for many of your favorite games, such as Monopoly, Candy Land, Risk, Pictionary, and UNO.

Karen's Bridge Library
http://www.prairienet.org/bridge/

Lessons, handouts, and tips for beginning, intermediate, and advanced bridge players. There are also recommendations for bridge software and books.

Nabisco World
http://www.nabiscoworld.com/

Nabisco provides a number of entertainment games including backgammon, hearts, and Ecards. The section of "Sensible Snacking" provides nutritional information, healthy snack ideas, a calorie burn calculator, smart recipes, suggestions for a healthier life style, etc.

playBridge
http://playbridge.com/

Bridge training and educational tool that randomly generates hands for bridge players. Provides three alternate generator types for practicing, visualizing bridge hands and resolving "what-if" game situations. Also provides links to bridge sites, organizations, books and other bridge players.

Pogo.com
http://www.pogo.com/

Electronic Arts provides an online gaming playground complete with casino card games, word games, and a competitive gaming community.

The House of Cards
http://thehouseofcards.com/

Provides online card games for all the traditional games including bridge, spades, whist, and hearts.

Yahoo Spades Back Door
http://www.backdoors.to/yahoo/spades/

An extensive directory and spades games catagorized by style of play and playing level within the online gaming community of Yahoo.