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Letter guide · E

Card games that start with E

E runs from the slap-happy Egyptian Ratscrew and the push-your-luck hit Exploding Kittens to Euchre, the deduction classic Eleusis, and the French two-player game Écarté.

9 checked entries Named rule sources No copied rule text

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9 E card games, compared

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#01

Écarté

rules reference

A quick French two-player trick game with an exchange of cards and a premium on holding the trump king.

2 players 10–20 minStandard deck
trick-takingtwo-player

Uses a 32-card pack.

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#02

Ecosystem

game database

Draft animal and habitat cards into a grid, then score the food web you managed to build.

2–6 players 20 minDedicated deck
draftingnature
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#03

Egyptian Ratscrew

rules reference

Flip cards into a pile and slap doubles, sandwiches, and other patterns faster than everyone else.

2–6 players 10–30 minStandard deck
slappingreal-time

Slap rules vary widely from table to table.

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#04

Eleusis

rules reference

One player invents a secret rule for which cards can be played; everyone else experiments to deduce it.

4–8 players 30–60 minStandard deck
deductioninvented
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#05

Elfer raus!

game database

Build up and down from the elevens in each color, playing when you can and drawing when you can’t.

2–6 players 15–20 minDedicated deck
familylayout
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#06

Epic Card Game

game database

A fantasy duel with no resource system: every card costs either nothing or the one gold you get per turn.

2–4 players 20–30 minDedicated deck
duelfantasy
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#07

Euchre

rules reference

Two partnerships choose trump and compete over five quick tricks.

4 players 20–40 minStandard deck
trick-takingpartnership
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#08

EXIT: The Game

game database

A series of single-use escape rooms in a box, solved with riddle cards, a decoder wheel, and sometimes scissors.

1–4 players 45–90 minDedicated deck
cooperativepuzzle

Each box can be played once.

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#09

Exploding Kittens

official rules

Avoid explosive cards by using action cards to skip, peek, shuffle, or defuse.

2–5 players 15–20 minDedicated deck
take-thatpush-your-luck
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Quick picks by situation

20 minutes or less

Écarté · Ecosystem · Elfer raus! · Exploding Kittens

Use a standard deck

Écarté · Egyptian Ratscrew · Eleusis · Euchre

Good with exactly two

Écarté · Ecosystem · Egyptian Ratscrew · Elfer raus!

Bigger groups (6+)

Ecosystem · Egyptian Ratscrew · Eleusis · Elfer raus!

Editorial notes

What the E 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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Big-group, hidden-role, and fast slap games that work for six or more people.

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Classic solitaire with a standard deck, plus modern solo card games and co-op campaigns.

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Simple card games you can learn in about five minutes, sorted by deck and group size.

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