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
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: