Card game 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 poker). A small number of card games played with traditional decks have formally standardized rules, but most are folk games whose rules vary by region, culture, and person. Games using playing cards exploit the fact that cards are individually identifiable from one side only, so that each player knows only the cards he holds and not those held by anyone else. For this
Pivot (card game) play a card, that player must draw one card from the draw pile. For example, if the direction is Up and the last played Number card was 42, valid plays are any Number card higher than 42, a Down card, or a Pivot card (which would have the same effect as a Down card). Pivot (card game) Pivot is a casual card game released by Wizards of the Coast in 1998. The game was designed by André François. "Pivot", along with "Alpha Blitz", "Go Wild!", and "Twitch", were part of a move by Wizards of the Coast to diversify beyond