Card game

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A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played.

Description

Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker).

Types of card games

Asymmetrical card games

An asymmetrical card game is a card game which is not symmetrical.

In Madiao, one player is "the banker", three other players form a team against the banker.

Origins

A small number of card games played with traditional decks have formally standardized rules, but most are folk games whose rules vary by region, culture, and person.

Cards in other types of games

Many games that are not generally placed in the family of card games do in fact use cards for some aspect of their gameplay.

Cards in board games

Some games that are placed in the card game genre involve a board.

The distinction is that the gameplay of a card game primarily depends on the use of the cards by players (the board is simply a guide for scorekeeping or for card placement), while board games (the principal non-card game genre to use cards) generally focus on the players' positions on the board, and use the cards for some secondary purpose.

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