Card game lines run between one-player games and two-player games, and between two-player games and multi-player games. Card games for one player are known as "solitaire" or "patience" card games. (See list of solitaire card games.) Generally speaking, they are in many ways special and atypical, although some of them have given rise to two- or multi-player games such as Spite and Malice. In card games for two players, usually not all cards are distributed to the players, as they would otherwise have perfect information about the game state. Two-player games have always been immensely popular and include some of the most
The Card Players II The Card Players II The Card Players II (Slovenian: Kvartopirci II) is a painting by the 17th-century Dutch artist Almanach. It is painted in oil on canvas and has dimensions of 147 x 2855 cm. The painting is in the collection of the National Gallery of Slovenia in Ljubljana, which purchased it in 1995. The composition is closely related to the "Cheerful Company at Table" ("The Card Players I"), also in the National Gallery of Slovenia. The group are playing the Italian game of trappola. On the table is a rolled piece of tobacco. The painting shows the influence of