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
Civilization: The Card Game Civilization: The Card Game Civilization: The Card Game is a card game designed by "Civilization IV" lead designer Soren Johnson, based on "Civilization IV". It was developed in 2006 by Firaxis Games, as a bonus in the "Sid Meier's Civilization Chronicles" boxed set (a collection of every "Civilization" series game up to that point), and is not available independently. Civilization: The Card Game simulates the rise of empires as in the computer game "Civilization". Players will collect resources, obtain plots of land, construct Buildings and Wonders, discover Technologies, and fight each other on their way to victory. The game ends