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
Chicago (bridge card game) Chicago (bridge card game) Chicago, also known as Four-deal Bridge and Short Bridge, is a form of contract bridge and a variation of rubber bridge in which one or more sets of four deals are played and scored. Getting its name from the Standard Club of Chicago where it originated in the early 1960s, the game is well suited to club and home play. While the auction and the play of the hand are the same as in rubber bridge, Chicago has the following unique features: In modern Chicago scoring, the result of each deal is recorded on a score