L
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L.A.M.A.
Play matching or one-higher cards, or quit the round before you get stuck holding points.
sheddingpush-your-luck
Pronounced “llama”.
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Card games that start with L
L is led by two modern small-box classics, Love Letter and Lost Cities, with the quick shedding game L.A.M.A., the Marvel deck-builder Legendary, and the old gambling game Loo.
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Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game
A two-player living card game of honor and conflict between clans, with hidden bids and province battles.
dueldeck construction
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Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game
Recruit Marvel heroes into your deck and fight together against a mastermind and its villain scheme.
cooperativedeck-building
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Loo
A historic gambling trick game: take at least one trick or pay into the pot, which can grow dramatically.
trick-takinggambling
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Loot
Send pirate ships after merchant vessels and fight over them, with captains and an admiral as power cards.
take-thatfamily
Out of print at the publisher.
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Lost Cities
Commit to expeditions only when their rising card sequences can repay the entry cost.
set collectionhand management
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Lotus
Lay petals of different flowers to complete them, using wildlife and insect guardians to claim control.
set collectionfamily
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Love Letter
Use one card per turn to deduce and eliminate rivals while protecting a strong hand.
deductionhand management
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20 minutes or less
L.A.M.A. · Loot
Use a standard deck
Loo
Good with exactly two
L.A.M.A. · Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game · Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game · Loot
Bigger groups (6+)
L.A.M.A. · Loo · Loot · Love Letter
Editorial notes
What the L 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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58 games
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!.
See the list128 games
Classic card games
Traditional games played with ordinary cards—trick-taking, rummy, fishing, shedding, and solitaire.
See the list216 games
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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