Card Games

Spades is a four-player partnership game where you bid how many tricks your side will win, then prove it, with spades permanently trump. First partnership to 500 points wins, and the scoring’s twin dangers (failed bids and the bag penalty) are what turn a simple trick game into a lifetime argument. Complete rules below. Setup … Read more

Go Fish needs one standard 52-card deck, two to six players, and about ten minutes. The goal: collect the most books (all four cards of one rank). The whole game is asking the right person the right question, and remembering every answer. Full rules below. Setup 2-3 players: deal 7 cards each. 4-6 players: deal … Read more