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
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