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Letter guide · B

Card games that start with B

B is one of the strongest letters for traditional games—Bridge, Blackjack, Belote, Bezique, Bid Whist, and Big Two all live here—alongside modern favorites like Bohnanza, BANG!, and Battle Line.

22 checked entries Named rule sources No copied rule text

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22 B card games, compared

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22 games found
Starts with
B

#01

Baccarat

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A casino banking game: bet on the player or banker hand and let fixed drawing rules decide who lands closer to nine.

2–8 players 5–20 minStandard deck
casinogambling
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B

#02

Bandido

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A cooperative tile-laying card game for kids and families: close every tunnel before the bandit escapes.

1–4 players 10–15 minDedicated deck
cooperativefamily
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B

#03

BANG!

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Hidden-role Wild West shootouts where the Sheriff, deputies, outlaws, and a renegade all want different winners.

4–7 players 20–40 minDedicated deck
hidden rolestake-that
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B

#04

Barbu

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A compendium game of several contracts—avoid hearts, queens, or the king of hearts—chosen in turn by each dealer.

4 players 60–120 minStandard deck
trick-takingcompendium
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B

#05

Basra

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A Middle Eastern fishing game where you capture by matching or summing, with jacks and the seven of diamonds as specials.

2–4 players 15–30 minStandard deck
fishingcapturing
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B

#06

Battle Line

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Two players build poker-like formations at nine flags; claim five, or three in a row, to win.

2 players 20–30 minDedicated deck
duelset collection
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B

#07

Bears vs Babies

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Build silly monsters from heads and limbs, then send them against waves of babies for points.

2–5 players 15–25 minDedicated deck
partytake-that
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B

#08

Beasty Bar

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Animals jostle in a queue outside a club, each with a power to push, jump, or bounce others out of line.

2–4 players 20 minDedicated deck
familytake-that
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B

#09

Beggar-My-Neighbour

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A pure-luck children’s game where court cards demand payment of one to four cards from the next player.

2–4 players 10–30 minStandard deck
childrenluck
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B

#10

Beleaguered Castle

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An open patience: aces start in the middle and every card is visible, so success depends on planning moves.

1 players 10–20 minStandard deck
solitairepatience
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B

#11

Belote

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France’s favorite trick game: bid a trump, score the jack and nine highly, and declare runs and the trump king-queen pair.

2–4 players 30–60 minStandard deck
trick-takingpartnership

Played with a 32-card pack.

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B

#12

Bezique

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A two-player melding classic using a doubled short pack; score for marriages, sequences, and the famous bezique pair.

2 players 45–60 minStandard deck
meldingtwo-player

Needs two 32-card packs.

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B

#13

Biblios

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Monks gift, keep, or auction cards to control the categories of a medieval library while dice change their values.

2–4 players 30 minDedicated deck
auctionset collection
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B

#14

Bid Whist

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A partnership trick game with jokers where the winning bid also chooses uptown, downtown, or no-trump.

4 players 30–60 minStandard deck
trick-takingpartnership
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B

#15

Big Two

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A climbing game from East Asia: beat the last play with a higher single, pair, or five-card poker hand and empty your hand first.

2–4 players 15–30 minStandard deck
climbingshedding
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B

#16

Blackjack

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Draw toward 21 without busting while the dealer follows fixed rules; the familiar casino banking game.

2–8 players 10–30 minStandard deck
casinopush-your-luck
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B

#17

Bohnanza

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Plant, trade, and harvest beans while managing a hand whose order cannot be rearranged.

2–7 players 45–60 minDedicated deck
tradinghand management
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B

#18

Boomerang

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Draft cards over a trip around Australia, scoring sites visited, souvenirs, animals, and a hidden throw-and-catch card.

2–4 players 20–30 minDedicated deck
draftingfamily
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B

#19

Boss Monster

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Build a retro video-game dungeon room by room to lure heroes in—and make sure they never come out.

2–4 players 20–30 minDedicated deck
tableautake-that
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B

#20

Bourré

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A Cajun gambling trick game: stay in and you must take at least one trick, or match the whole pot.

2–8 players 20–40 minStandard deck
trick-takinggambling
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B

#21

Bridge

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Partners bid a contract, then use careful trick play to make or defeat it.

4 players 45–120 minStandard deck
trick-takingpartnership
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B

#22

Briscola

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An Italian point-trick game with no need to follow suit, so reading your partner and the trump card matters most.

2–6 players 15–30 minStandard deck
trick-takingpoints

Usually played with a 40-card Italian pack.

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Quick picks by situation

20 minutes or less

Baccarat · Bandido · Beasty Bar · Beleaguered Castle

Use a standard deck

Baccarat · Barbu · Basra · Beggar-My-Neighbour

Good with exactly two

Baccarat · Bandido · Basra · Battle Line

Bigger groups (6+)

Baccarat · BANG! · Blackjack · Bohnanza

Editorial notes

What the B list includes—and what it doesn’t.

Are board games with cards included?

Only when cards carry the central play. A board game that merely uses event cards is not automatically treated as a card game.

Is the list complete?

It is deliberately curated, not a claim to every historical or regional title. We add games when the basic facts and a useful source can be checked.

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