Letter guide · R

Card games that start with R

R starts with Rummy itself and Rummy 500, adds Rook and Russian Bank, and includes modern picks such as Race for the Galaxy, Red7, and the standard-deck co-op Regicide.

10 checked entries Named rule sources No copied rule text

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10 R card games, compared

Use the filters to separate quick fillers from longer strategy games, or standard-deck classics from games that need their own cards.

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#01

Race for the Galaxy

game database

Choose phases and build a space empire through worlds, developments, production, and trade.

2–4 players 30–60 minDedicated deck
tableau-buildingengine-building
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#02

Rat-a-Tat Cat

publisher

Remember your face-down cards and swap them out to lower your total, with peek and swap powers.

2–6 players 15–20 minDedicated deck
memoryfamily
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#03

Red7

game database

The rule card decides who is winning; play a card or change the rule each turn, or you are out.

2–4 players 5–30 minDedicated deck
hand managementfiller
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#04

Regicide

publisher

A cooperative game for a standard deck: defeat twelve royal enemies by playing cards whose suits trigger powers.

1–4 players 20–40 minStandard deck
cooperativeboss battle
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#05

Res Arcana

game database

A tight engine-builder with only eight cards in your deck, racing to ten points through artifacts and monuments.

2–4 players 30–60 minDedicated deck
engine-buildingtableau
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#06

Rivals for Catan

game database

A two-player card version of Catan: build roads, settlements, and cities in your own principality.

2 players 45–60 minDedicated deck
two-playertableau
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#07

Rook

rules reference

A trick-taking classic with its own 57-card deck, bidding for the right to name trump and take the widow.

4 players 30–60 minSpecialty deck
trick-takingpartnership
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#08

Rummy

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Draw and discard to arrange your cards into valid sets and runs.

2–6 players 20–45 minStandard deck
rummyset collection
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#09

Rummy 500

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A rummy where you can take deep into the discard pile, and melds score by card value toward 500.

2–8 players 30–60 minStandard deck
rummyscoring
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#10

Russian Bank

rules reference

A competitive patience for two players racing to build foundations while dumping cards onto each other.

2 players 20–40 minStandard deck
competitive patiencetwo-player
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Quick picks by situation

20 minutes or less

Rat-a-Tat Cat

Use a standard deck

Regicide · Rummy · Rummy 500 · Russian Bank

Good with exactly two

Race for the Galaxy · Rat-a-Tat Cat · Red7 · Regicide

Bigger groups (6+)

Rat-a-Tat Cat · Rummy · Rummy 500

Editorial notes

What the R 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.