W
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War
Reveal cards simultaneously; the higher rank wins the capture in a game driven by chance.
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Card games that start with W
W begins with War, the simplest card game of all, then moves to Whist, its modern relative Wizard, and party games such as What Do You Meme?.
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6 W card games, compared
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W
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Watten
An Alpine trick game full of bluff, where the strongest cards change every deal and signals are allowed.
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Traditionally played with German-suited cards.
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Weiss Schwarz
A collectible game based on anime franchises where damage cancels on climax triggers and levels rise with damage.
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What Do You Meme?
A judge picks a photo; everyone plays the caption card that makes the best meme.
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Adult content in the core game.
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Whist
The classic English partnership trick game and ancestor of Bridge: follow suit and win tricks for your side.
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Wizard
Bid an exact number of tricks while wizard and jester cards bend ordinary suit ranking.
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Use a standard deck
War · Watten · Whist
Good with exactly two
War · Weiss Schwarz
Bigger groups (6+)
What Do You Meme? · Wizard
Editorial notes
What the W 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 by situation
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!.
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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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