H
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Haggis
A two- or three-player climbing game with face-card bombs and wild cards set aside from the deal.
climbingtwo-player
Open game database Letter guide · H
Card games that start with H
H is home to Hearts, the cooperative favorite Hanabi, and the many-deck rummy Hand and Foot, plus compact two-player games such as Hanamikoji and Haggis.
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9 H card games, compared
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Hanabi
Cooperate to build fireworks while everyone can see every hand except their own.
cooperativededuction
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Hanamikoji
Two players secretly use four distinct actions to win the favor of seven geishas.
two-playerarea control
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Hand and Foot
A Canasta relative played with several decks: finish your hand, then your foot, while building books as a team.
rummypartnership
Needs five or six decks.
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Hearts
Avoid penalty cards in tricks—or take the risky path of capturing every one.
trick-takingavoidance
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Herbaceous
Plant herbs into different pots—some need variety, some need pairs—in a calm, pretty set-collection game.
set collectionfamily
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High Society
Auction luxury items with money cards you can never get back, and avoid ending with the least cash.
auctionfiller
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Hokm
Iran’s classic partnership trick game, where a ruler chooses trump after seeing five cards.
trick-takingpartnership
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Hol's der Geier
Bid secretly with number cards for mouse and vulture cards; tied bids cancel each other out.
biddingfamily
Also sold as Raj.
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20 minutes or less
Hanamikoji · Herbaceous · Hol's der Geier
Use a standard deck
Hand and Foot · Hearts · Hokm
Good with exactly two
Haggis · Hanabi · Hanamikoji · Herbaceous
Bigger groups (6+)
Hand and Foot · Hearts
Editorial notes
What the H 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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Card games for parties
Big-group, hidden-role, and fast slap games that work for six or more people.
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Card games for one player
Classic solitaire with a standard deck, plus modern solo card games and co-op campaigns.
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Easy card games
Simple card games you can learn in about five minutes, sorted by deck and group size.
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Family card games
Card games kids, parents, and grandparents can all play together—from Go Fish to Sushi Go!.
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Classic card games
Traditional games played with ordinary cards—trick-taking, rummy, fishing, shedding, and solitaire.
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Card games for 3 players
Games built for exactly three—Skat, Dou Dizhu, Ninety-Nine—plus easy and strategic picks that shine at three.
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