Cards and Card Games

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Source: http://www.findmeahobby.com/pages/Card Games.php

History of Cards and Card Games

China is often credited with the creation of playing cards and by some as early as the 10th Century. These cards were created to either represent paper dominos or were based on their paper money.

Playing cards then made their way from the Far East through the Middle East, then on to Europe where they became hugely popular in France starting in the late 14th century.

France was responsible for the four suits and mass exporting the cards to England and then to America.

During the 19th century Americans began to create enhancements including the corner indexes and the Joker.

The famous Bicycle brand of playing cards began in 1887 and continues to be a world leader in playing cards.



Major Card Games:

• Black Jack
  
• Bridge
  
• Canasta
  
• Concentration
  
• Crazy Eights
  
• Cribbage
  
• Gin Rummy
  
• 500 Rummy
  
• Hearts
  
• Pinochle
  
• Poker
  
• Solitaire
  
• War
  

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So are you into card games? Do you play with your friends or by yourself in your spare time? What do you play? Are you good?

 

[Alien]

I like card games. I don't play them often but I usually play them on the computer, I dont like competing against others so I usually play the one player games

 

[dynastygal]

I like Solitaire and Uno...that's my limit for card games

 

[Evil Eye]

Play cards every day during the break

 

[Madyy]

Whenever we go somewhere with the school, like an academic meet or something where we'll have free time, my friends and I will play card games. We play Slap Jack, War, Spoons, Texas Hold 'Em, 21, Speed, and some others.

 

[Corleone]

Only game I've played with cards is black jack. Not a huge fan of card games, but I do enjoy playing black jack from time to time. Another game that I've played before is Solitaire, but on the computer, so that's cheating.

 

[StevenF50]

I love card games poker, queens, snap all sorts.