Card game drama revolves around the play of the game. Some of these games become real card games as the holder of the intellectual property develops and markets a suitable deck and ruleset for the game, while others, such as "Exploding Snap" from the Harry Potter franchise, lack sufficient descriptions of rules, or depend on cards or other hardware that are infeasible or physically impossible. Card game A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as
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: