500 (card game) 500 (card game) 500 or five hundred, also called bid euchre, is a trick-taking game that is an extension of euchre with some ideas from bridge. For two to six players, it is most commonly played by four players in partnerships, but is sometimes recommended as a good three-player game. It arose in America before 1900 and was promoted by the United States Playing Card Company, which copyrighted and marketed the rules in 1904. 500 is a social card game and was highly popular in the United States until around 1920 when first auction bridge and then contract bridge drove
The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game films for use on cards. The game also has an online version that maintains identical gameplay as well as a market economy. However, since the game's print run has ended, sales for online cards have been stopped and the servers closed in June 2010. In 2002, "LOTR TCG" won the Origins Awards for "Best Trading Card Game of 2001" and "Best Graphic Presentation of a Card Game 2001". "The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game" is a game for two or more players, each of who uses his or her own deck consisting of equal numbers of "Free Peoples"