25 Card Games You’ve Likely Not Played

This game is similar to Go Fish. It requires playing cards and three to six players to use their memory, logical reasoning, and strategy to collect cards in four-of-a-kind. The winner is the player with the most sets.

Using a deck of playing cards, the dealer deals out eight cards. There’s a draw pile and a discard pile, and each player has to match the suit or rank showing in the discard pile. It’s very similar to Uno that way, except many of the card numbers have special abilities and there are, of course, additional rules.

This one is also similar to Go Fish, except it’s a partnership game requiring six to eight players. Each team asks questions to get sets of cards. Paying attention to the questions asked is vital to winning. The team and partnership element of the game makes it particularly different than other variations.

Nothing says family game night like Guillotine. A card game based on the French revolution, the objective of this game is to execute the least popular nobles. Requiring 2 to 5 players and thirty minutes of playing time, you’ll win by getting ahead.

This card game requires a standard deck of playing cards, 3 tokens for each player, and 3 or more players. Each player lays down a card that adds on to the total. You can’t go beyond 99. If you do, you get a token taken away. The last player with tokens remaining is the winner.

With 2 to 5 players, this card game is all about building complicated contraptions to do simple things, like turning on the television. Though you’re building complicated machines, the game isn’t all that hard to play.

The goal of this card game is for a player to get rid of all their cards. All the cards are dealt clockwise to each player. During play, a player puts down a card face up. After that card is played, a corresponding card must be played. For instance, a 5 of Clubs could be matched with a 5 of Hearts and so on.

This one-player game definitely lives up to its name. Taking two 52-card decks and removing all the Aces, reshuffle the deck and deal 24 cards face up into three rows of eight columns. Play continues until no more cards can enter the grid. Few can actually play out the entire deck.

Requiring two to four players and thirty minutes of playing time, this card game is all about getting the biggest profit. However, you benefit from trading, and to win the game, you must benefit from another player’s actions.

This game is in the Crazy Eights family and requires the players to shed all their cards to win. However, what makes this game puzzling and tricky is that new players aren’t informed of the game rules. Because of that, rules vary widely and few games of Mao are played the same way.

Using playing cards, this game is for four players with Ace high ranking and is a variant of Hearts and Bridge. It’s also called Le Barbu which means The Bearded Man.

This ever-changing card game will constantly keep you on your toes. The rules are based on the cards played and every player can change the rules, the objective, and the difficulty whenever they choose based on the cards they have.

A fast card game, Werewolf requires 3 to 10 players where each player is given a specific role like the tricky Troublemaker, the helpful Seer, etc…In one morning, you and the other players will decide who is the werewolf and hang them.

This card game is a cut-throat and brutal fight for survival and influence as you try to ruin other families and force them into exile. The last family to survive wins.

Also called “Oh Hell” among many other unique names, this card game requires each player to bid how many tricks they think they’ll get each round. If they accurately predict their tricks, then they get points. Having 3 to 7 players is best when playing this game.

This card game is essentially poker without gambling money. Traditional poker ranking and hands are used. Each player can only get three penalties, otherwise, they’re out. You get a penalty if you were caught bluffing or if you tried to catch someone bluffing and were proven wrong.

This card game is all about finding, you guessed it, a set of cards. Each card has different colors, shapes, numbers, and shading. There are no turns just a race to find as many sets of three as you can.

In this card game, each card shows various symbols with examples written on them. When a player matches their symbol with another, they have to immediately face-off against the opposing player by giving an answer to the example written on the card. For instance, it might say, “A Dr. Seuss Book.” That player will have to say a book title that comes to mind.

Using a standard deck of playing cards, this game isn’t as complicated as Bridge but makes up for it in player interaction. After dealing out five cards, each player goes around from the dealer’s left and makes a bid or a pass. A trick is won by the highest card played of the suit.

This unique card game is cooperative and requires players to work together to create a fireworks display with their cards. Players need to act as a team and give each other hints on what cards they’re going to lay down so they can match the card correctly.

This card game is all about figuring out what your opponent is thinking and second-guessing them. You can play with two or three players, but additional players require another deck of cards. During play, you’ll try to bid for Diamond cards with your own limited set of valued cards. High cards win, but you’ll want to strategize how you use them.

In this unique and fast card game, you’re trying to create different sets of sushi cards to score points. Each turn, you’ll lay down a card and proceed to hand off the rest of your cards to the player next to you. With each player passing their cards to the next person, it keeps everyone guessing and strategizing on the go.

This family game requires four players and around 30 to 60 minutes of play time. Each turn, a player gets a card with a random identity and must choose to draw, act, or describe it to their teammates. First team to score thirty points wins.

The Japanese word for “reading,” this card game simulates fighting and tests players’ ability to predict their opponents moves. There are 10 characters to choose from, each with their own deck, abilities, and style. The gameplay resembles rock-paper-scissors, but the added complexity makes it much more interesting.

Requiring 2 to 7 players and 25 mins of play time, this silly game is all about mad cows and unexploding bombs. The object of the game is for each player to get enough points by buying cows and unexploded bombs. By liberating French towns from unexploded bombs, you’ll also collect points and be able to take money from the pot. Ultimately, you’re trying to blow up cows.