Card game or for card placement), while board games (the principal non-card game genre to use cards) generally focus on the players' positions on the board, and use the cards for some secondary purpose. A card game is played with a "deck" or "pack" of playing cards which are identical in size and shape. Each card has two sides, the "face" and the "back". Normally the backs of the cards are indistinguishable. The faces of the cards may all be unique, or there can be duplicates. The composition of a deck is known to each player. In some cases several decks are
Mistigri (card game) 5-card or 3-card game, is derived from Mistigri. Also related to it in the German-speaking world are the well-known games "Ramscheln" and "Mauscheln", in which only one player may exchange his hand cards against the so-called widow. In France it developed into the game of "Bourré"; in Spain into "Julep" and, building on "Loo", in Ireland into "Irish Loo". Other variants of the game are "Norseman's Knock", "Cucumber", "Toepen" and "Hasenpfeffer". Mistigri is usually played by three or four players with a 32-card German-suited pack. If more play, a 52-card French pack may be used. The cards rank as follows: