- There are a number of other very popular and informative resources regarding cards and card games (both in print and online).
The following list shows some of these online sites for card games in general, or sometimes for information on specific games.
General
- Wikipedia
- This is the well known end user contributed site. It has a number of informative articles regarding card games in general and also regarding many individual games.
- Pagat - A comprehensive site with a huge listing of card and domino games from around the world. Also includes some user contributed games and variations of games.
- Bicycle® Playing Cards - Game Rules Site - The official site for the Bicycle® playing card company which contains instructions for playing many of the most popular card games played today.
- GrandParents.com - Card Games - Section of the site of the American Grandparents Association that contains the rules for many popular and fun card games for all ages.
- WhiteKnuckle Playing Card - Games - This official site of the WhiteKnuckle Playing Card Company® not only includes rules for many fun card games, it also contains information regarding history and standards for playing cards.
- Animal Games Annex - A fun site containing a variety of unique and entertaining games that use cards, dice or a checkerboard. Each game was created by the Web Sites author Paul Hoemke and features a specific animal theme.
- Hoyle Gaming - Snappy site containing the rules for many cards games which includes a search function based on the age of the participants, the type of deck used and the number of players.
- How Stuff Works - This site includes rules pages for many of the most popular card games as well as some basic strategy for many of the games and a list of specific terms used for that game.
- WikiHow - While commonly known as a site for instructions on how to fix things, this site also includes pages containing the basic rules for many fun and popular card games.
- About.Com - Card Games - Subsite of About.com that describes basic rules for many popular card games as well as articles regarding strategies and other information for many of the featured games.
- Classic Games and Puzzles - Card Games Page - Descriptions and basic rules for a number of popular card games.
- The House of Cards - Game site that includes traditional games as well as rules for some commercial games.
- Playing Cards Wiki - Wiki site containing information and images of various brands of playing cards.
- Card Game Heaven - Site containing rules and information for a variety of card games categorized in several broad categories, including number of players.
- Playing Cards FAQ - Site containing information regarding card history, collecting and classic card decks.
- Board Game Geek - General Game site which includes Card Games forums, a marketplace and other invaluable information.
- Medieval and Renaissance Games Homepage - Site with lots of information and rules for games played during the Medieval period. Great resource for members of the SCA.
- 52 Pick Up - Site listing rules and information for a number of card games with special sections containing children's games.
- International Playing-Card Society - Home page for the International Playing Card Society, containing information regarding the society as well as articles and information pertaining to playing cards and games played with them.
- The Amazing World of John Scarne - Fascinating site containing loads of information regarding the expert card player, card manipulator, author, and game inventor John Scarne.
Play Card Games Online and Card Game Software
- Pogo Card Games - Site where users can play many games online, including the card games Solitaire, Canasta, Spades, Pinochle, Bridge, Euchre and more. Requires signing up at the Pogo.com site, but sign up and play is free.
- Games.com - Card Games - Site which includes online versions of Solitaire, Spades, Pinochle, Gin Rummy, Hearts and several others.
- Online Card Games at AARP.com - Page on the AARP.com site where there are free to play online versions of Contract Bridge and several different versions of Solitaire.
- Free sit for playing online games such as Bridge and Klondike Solitaire - Arkadium.com - A free site for playing a number of games including the card games Contract Bridge and various forms of Solitaire.
- Game House - Online Card Games - A collection of online card games including Rummy, Gin Rummy and a large number of versions of Solitaire.
- BridgeBase - Site where you can play competitive Contract Bridge against other online players from around the World. Also includes forums and other information regarding Contract Bridge.
- Bridge 4 Free - Site where players can play Contract Bridge for free against other live players. Requires free registration. Also includes a download for various tablets.
- Gaming Safari - Site where users can play a number of online games. Includes the card games 2 Player Canasta, Cribbage, Gin Rummy, Euchre, Spades and Pinochle. Requires a free logon and software client download.
- Kartenspiele - Online Card Games site which includes Schafkopf, Skat, Gin Rummy and Hearts, as well as a number of other rare games. In German.
- Dracis.com - Online site with servers for playing Tien Len, Cribbage, Whist, Hearts, Skat, Spades and others. Also includes Flash versions of Hearts, Spades, Tien Len and Whist.
- GameSlush - Website containing a free online version of Big Two and several other games. Can be played against live online opponents or against computer opponents. Formerly known as Hobub.
- Game Colony Online Games - Website where users can play Cribbage, Gin Rummy, Spades, Canasta and Solitaire online. Also includes forums and strategies for the featured games.
- World of Card Games - Site for playing card games online against live opponents or robots (computer controlled opponents). Includes Hearts, 29, Spades, Euchre, Go Fish and Gin Rummy.
- Special K Software - Site containing new and updated card game software for playing Five Hundred, Bridge, Canasta, Skat, Euchre and many more.
- Solitaired (Play Spider Solitaire Online) - Page on the Solitaired(™) website which allows online play of Spider Solitaire. Also includes the capability to change card back design (including several cat designs, our personal favorite) and detailed instructions for the game. The main Solitaired(™) also includes various other Solitaire games which can be played online in the browser.
- Solitaire Bliss - Online site for playing a number of fun Solitaire card games include Freecell, Klondike, Spider and several others. Also includes several non-solitaire games which can be played against computerized opponents.
Game Specific
- Contract Bridge
- American Contract Bridge League Site - Site for the American Contract Bridge league which contains rules, articles and other detailed information regarding Contract Bridge.
- European Bridge League Site - Official site of the European Bridge League with information on tournaments, regulations and other information.
- World Bridge Federation - Site of the World Bridge Federation which chairs many world renowned competitions, officially recognized by the IOC.
- U.S. Bridge Federation - The United States Bridge Federations official site including information on sponsored tournaments.
- Bobby Wolff's Bridge Blog - Archive of recent and past Bridge Articles and answered questions written by Bobby Wolff.
- For Bridge Players - Detailed site including bidding information, utilities, articles and lessons.
- "Great Bridge Links" site - Web site containing links to a number of Bridge resources as well as bridge tutorials, forums and blogs.
- The Bridge Burglar - Informative site with primers on bidding, playing bridge and lots more.
- Ecats Bridge - Although not affiliated with Cats @ Cards, we couldn't resist including a fellow cats site in our list of helpful links. Site from the U.K. which includes information on worldwide tournaments and other Bridge related events.
- Adam Wildavsky's Bridge Page - Site containing links to articles and information regarding bridge as well as a few bidding techniques.
- Karen's Bridge Library - Site containing many articles regarding Bridge strategies for players of any skill level. Site with a lot of great information and other Bridge links.
- The Bridge World - Learning Center - Collection of Bridge lessons and problems with answers on the site of The Bridge World magazine.
- Skat
- International Skat Wiki - Wiki for all things Skat related with rules, strategies and much more.
- Skat Canada - North American Skat League Canadian Chapter
- Skat USA - Homepage of the United States Skat League
- Skat Forums - Great forum site where you can ask any question about Skat
- Parlett on Skat - Great Skat site by David Parlett with loads of information on Skat including its history and rules.
- German Skat Federation - Site (in German) for the official German Skat organization.
- History of Skat - Article describing a detailed history of the card game Skat as well as the International Skat Congress.
- Schafkopf (Sheepshead)
- Cribbage
- American Cribbage Congress - Homepage for the American Cribbage Congress. The site contains information regarding Cribbage tournaments, online Cribbage, rules and lots of other information about this great card game.
- Cribbage Corner - A comprehensive Cribbage site including rules, strategies, downloads and forums.
- Cribbage History - Article detailing the history of Cribbage including information on its direct predecessor, Noddy.
- Cribbage Forum - Cribbage site containing articles covering many aspects of Cribbage as well as annotated games and questions answered by Cribbage experts.
- Rummy/Gin Rummy/500 Rum/Canasta
- Crazy Canasta - Page containing the complete rules for playing Crazy Canasta, a fun version of Canasta which stared in the Southeastern United States. Includes a link for a useful online tool to score your Crazy Canasta hands.
- Gin Rummy Online - A comprehensive Gin Rummy site including history, scoring and strategies for Gin Rummy. Also includes links to several sites where users can play Gin Rummy against other players online.
- Rummy Rules and Resources for Rummy Players - Site containing information regarding Rummy, Gin Rummy, 500 Rum and other Rummy type games and variations.
- Rummy Talk - Gin Rummy site containing a large number of articles covering many aspects of the game from opening strategies to sample hands and how to play them.
- Small Canasta Strategy Guide - A short but detailed strategy guide to Canasta written by Tuomas Korppi. Currently stored on a Web Archive, but still containing great information.
- The Gorge - Canasta Strategy Tips - Another informative page of strategy tips for Canasta; can be used when playing Canasta both online and off.
- History of Gin Rummy - Great site describing the history of Rummy games in general, including Gin Rummy.
- Pinochle
- YouTube Pinochle Series - The first in a series of well produced You Tube videos regarding the game of Pinochle. This first video begins with the history of the game.
- Pinochle Strategy Guides - Several detailed PDF documents detailing Pinochle strategy from beginner to advanced.
- Advanced Pinochle - Pinochle blog containing advanced Pinochle strategies, Pinochle vocabulary and other information regarding the game.
- Guide to Learning Pinochle - Bidding - Article describing strategy for bidding in Pinochle.
- Power Pinochle - Active double deck Pinochle site including meld calculators and other helpful information for all levels of player.
- Piquet
- Euchre
- Origins of the Euchre Family, Trumps and the Joker - Detailed site describing the history of Euchre and other five trick games. Also includes information regarding the origin of the Jokers, Jacks, the Trump suit and Euchre vocabulary.
- Euchre Links - Site containing a collection of links and articles regarding rules and strategy for the great card game Euchre.
- Euchre Strategy with Harvey the Rabbit - Euchre strategy guide by the Las Vegas Euchre Players Association.
- Natty Bumppo's Euchre Columns - Large collection of Euchre columns written by Natty Bumppo, author of the classic and essential Euchre book The Columbus Book of Euchre.
- Euchre Info - Great Euchre site, particularly for new players and those wanting improve their strategy to the game.
- Whist
- Spades
- Hearts
- Other Specific Card Games
- Yaniv.Co - Fun, interactive and snazzy site which describes the rules for playing Yaniv as well as a utility to create new variations of the game.
- Indian Chief game description on BoardGameGeek - Page on the BoardGameGeek Web site which describes the original rules for the card game Indian Chief.
- Online Skruuvi Rules - Online .pdf file containing the official rules for Skruuvi, published by the Helsinki Finnish Club.
- Barnga .pdf - Link to .pdf file with descriptions and the full rules for the Barnga - Five Tricks exercise.
- One Kingdom Warrior - Games Around the World - Blog posting describing the card game Siku as well as several other non-card games that are played in various countries around the world, learned by a Missionary as she followed her calling in various nations.
- Non Card Related Pages
- Bible Gateway - Popular and complete Bible site with the complete texts of the Bible (in multiple versions) as well as articles and other great information.
- Answers in Geneis - Great site with lots of articles and other information regarding Christianity and Biblical Aplogetics.
- Blue Letter bible - A nice site that has multiple translations of the Bible as well as the capability to search and compare Biblical texts.
- Our Daily Bread - A great site featuring daily devotionals, articles and even a random bible verse each day.
- Cat Rescue Organizations
- Friends of Cats - Cat rescue site in which users can make donations to help rescued cats as well as find a new, cuddly adoptable friend.
- Alley Cat Allies - Official site for Alley Cat Allies, an organization for the betterment and preservation of the nation's Community Cats.
- The Cat House on the Kings - Home page for the Cat House on the Kings website. An incredible cat rescue facility in which at any one time up to 700
adorable and adoptable cats have free reign in a very large protected setting.
Card Game Links