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Strategy tips, rule questions and friendly guides to the classic card games we love.
Cribbage Discard Strategy: What to Throw in the Crib
What to throw in the crib, and why it changes with the deal. Cribbage discard strategy for dealer and pone: keeping 5s, pairs, fifteens and runs.
How to Play Gin Rummy With 3 or 4 Players
Gin Rummy is a two-player game, but three or four can still play. How three-handed gin and partnership gin work, with scoring and a few tips.
How to Play Spades With 2 Players
Spades works with two: build your hands by drawing and discarding, then bid and play as usual. How two-handed Spades works, with scoring and tips.
Two-Handed Euchre: Rules and How to Play
How to play Euchre with two players: the simple 24-card game and the popular version with face-up rows, plus bidding, scoring and tips for two.
How to Count a Cribbage Hand (With Examples)
Learn to count cribbage hands step by step: fifteens, pairs, runs, double and triple runs, flushes and nobs, with worked examples including the perfect 29.
Spades vs Hearts: Key Differences & Which to Play
Spades and Hearts use the same deck and the same tricks, but they play like opposites. Here’s how they differ — teams, bidding, scoring — and which suits you.
Euchre Strategy: Tips to Win More Hands
Euchre strategy that goes past the basics: how to bid from each seat, when to call next, what to lead, reading your partner, going alone and playing defense.
Best 2-Player Card Games
The best card games for two people, from Gin Rummy and Cribbage to Crazy Eights, Kings Corner and Rummy 500 — how each one plays and who it suits.
Best Card Games to Play Alone
The best card games to play by yourself, from Klondike and FreeCell to Spider and Pyramid Solitaire — how each one plays, how hard it is, and who will enjoy it.
Easy Card Games for Seniors
Simple, sociable card games for older adults — Kings Corner, Crazy Eights, Solitaire, Gin Rummy, Hearts and Cribbage — plus tips for big, easy-to-read cards.
Are All Solitaire Games Winnable? The Real Odds
Not every game of Solitaire can be won. Here is roughly how many Klondike deals are winnable, why Draw 3 is so much harder, and how to win more often.
Gin Rummy vs Rummy 500: Key Differences
Gin Rummy and Rummy 500 both build sets and runs, but they score, draw and end hands very differently. Here’s how they compare and which one to pick.
How to Shoot the Moon in Hearts (and Stop It)
Shooting the moon in Hearts means taking every heart and the Queen of Spades. Learn which hands can do it, how to play them, and how to stop a moon shot.
Complete rules guides
- Solitaire rules
- Spades rules
- Hearts rules
- FreeCell rules
- Euchre rules
- Gin Rummy rules
- Rummy 500 rules
- Crazy Eights rules
- Kings Corner rules
- Spider Solitaire rules
- Pyramid Solitaire rules
- Cribbage rules
- Tri Peaks Solitaire rules
- Golf Solitaire rules
- Scorpion Solitaire rules
- Eight Off rules
- Oh Hell rules
- Hand and Foot rules