Shedding-type game
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A shedding-type card game is a game in which the object is to empty your hand of all cards before any other player is able to do so. Popular card games of this type include:
- action/power/trick cards; win by least number of points
- Black Jack
- Boom-OBOOM-OBoom-O is a card game from the Crazy Eights and Fan Tan family of games. Boom-O is from the makers of Uno, Mattel. The aim is to keep the timer below 60 seconds otherwise the player may "blow up".- Gameplay :...
- Crazy EightsCrazy EightsCrazy Eights is a shedding-type card game for two to seven players. The object of the game is to be the first to get rid of all the player's cards to a discard pile. The game is considered a pre-extension of Switch and Mau Mau, much favoured in schools during the 1970s.A standard 52-card deck is...
- CraitsCraitsCraits is a card game played by anywhere between two and five players. It was invented in the 1970s in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is derived from Crazy Eights; in fact, the name Craits is derived from Crazy Eights itself...
- One CardOne Card (game)One-Card is a matching card game member of the shedding family of games. The general principles put it into the Crazy Eights family. It is played with an ordinary Poker deck and the objective is to get rid of all cards while preventing other players from getting rid of theirs...
- SwitchSwitch (card game)Switch, also called Two Four Jacks or Black Jack, Irish Switch, is a shedding-type card game for two or more players that is popular in the United Kingdom, and as alternative incarnations in other regions. The sole aim of Switch is to discard all of the cards in one's hand; the first player to play...
- Uno (dedicated)
- progressively add rules
- Bartok
- Mao
- one deck per pair; play in pairs; shed sets of cards for points; win by reaching a certain point value
- CanastaCanastaCanasta is a card game of the rummy family of games believed to be a variant of 500 Rum. Although many variations exist for 2, 3, 5 or 6 players, it is most commonly played by four in two partnerships with two standard decks of cards. Players attempt to make melds of 7 cards of the same rank and...
- BiribaBiribaBiriba is the Greek partnership version of a rummy card game of Italian origin called :it:Pinnacola.The greek name comes probably from the italian game Biribara, or Biribisso, or Biribi, even if this game is totally different .. It is played by two to six players, with two decks and 4 Jokers...
- Canasta
- challenge truth
- Cheat
- one suit per player
- Red NinesRed NinesRed Nines is a simple card game for four or more players. It is suitable for players of any age. Having more than four players adds to the fun, provided that the game is played without hesitation....
- Red Nines
- Asian games
- Dai Hin Min
- Tien lenTien lenTien len , also known as Vietnamese cards, Thirteen, American Killer, or Up the Ass, or Jamal Patel in India, is a Vietnamese shedding-type card game devised in Southern China and Vietnam...
- AssholeAsshole (card game)Asshole , an Americanized version of Dai Hin Min, is a card game for three or more in which players race to get rid of all of the cards in their hands in order to become President in the following round...
- Big TwoBig TwoDeuces is a card game similar to the game of Asshole, Crazy Eights, Bullshit, Winner, and other shedding games. It is sometimes called "Chinese poker" because of its Chinese origin and its use of poker hands, though there is actually a different game by that name of an entirely different nature...
- Zheng FenZheng FenZheng Fen is an Asian card game that combines shedding mechanic with trick-pts ....
- Dedicated/non-standard card/commercialised games
- Phase 10Phase 10Phase 10 is a card game created in 1982 by Kenneth Johnson and currently produced by Fundex Games. Phase 10 is based on a variant of rummy known as Liverpool Rummy. It requires a special deck or two regular decks of cards; it can be played by two to six people...
- Uno
- CastleCastle (card game)Castle is a card game designed by Bruno Faidutti and Serge Laget.Each player begins the game with a hand of cards and their own personal deck of cards fromwhich they draw new ones Castle is a card game designed by Bruno Faidutti and Serge Laget.Each player begins the game with a hand of cards and...
- Phase 10
- Miscellaneous
- Cards in the hatCards in the hatCards in the hat, or Card flip, is a game in which the players throw playing cards into a hat or other receptacle. The game requires concentration and some skill.-Setup:...
- Cards in the hat