Card GamesCard games provide pleasure for millions of people, both independently and socially. By using standard 52 card decks, many games can be played, such as Rummy and Poker. Many of the same games of strategy can be played using the same decks. Uno is an example of a game that requires a unique deck for just that game. Entire books, and many of them at that, are totally dedicated to listing and describing variations of card games. There are publications for professional games as well, and others which serve serious players.
Cards are a great pastime for everyone. For children, card games help them learn and develop skills, just by playing. While they help kids learn how to recognize numbers, letters, and symbols, games teach them how to socially interact in a positive way, develop motor skills and hand-eye coordination, and to handle losing at a game. Classics like Go Fish get kids interested, with the strategy being appealing to them. Children often pick up an interest in card games from watching adults play. This gives an opportunity for parents to spend quality time with their kids. Adults use games for themselves, but also play in groups. There are many different kinds of these games. Old classics include Duchblitz, which consists of 4 decks of 40 cards each. It is well suited for playing by families. Pit, another example of cards games that use their own unique deck, is played with a 54 card pack. It is played as a cross between Whist and Rummy. Newer classics include Canasta, which was invented in Uruguay in the early twentieth century and became popular in the United States in the 1950’s. Other new classics include Sequence, a combination card and board game, and UNO, which can be played with 2 to 8 players. It has become one the world’s most popular family games.
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Other games card types featuring letters or words are available too. Royalty Card Game features cards with letters and the strategy is build words to gain the highest score. There are other games like this that focus on buzz words or even silly words. Several kinds of games also are focused around telling stories, such as Nanofictionary and Once Upon a Time. Another type is the adventure card games, many of which focus on action adventure themes. Catan is a good example, in which the simple versions just involve cards instead of a board game. Many games like this are available, with versions for 2 players and multi-players.
Bacchus Regular Price: $14.40 Sale Price: $10.00
The Roman god of wine, Bacchus, has organized three great Bacchanalias to be held in his honor. He has given his satyrs the enviable task of recruiting young nymphs to come to these wild parties. As a player, you are one of Bacchus' satyrs. Your task is to gather together as many like-dressed nymphs as possible, driving up the point value and scoring as much as possible in the process.
Modern Art: The Card Game $10.00
Remember those unknown, starving, but up-and-coming artists from the early nineties -- Lite Metal, Yoko, Christin P., Karl Gitter and Krypto? You first met them in the now-classic Reiner Knizia game Modern Art. Now, almost 20 years later, they have all found fame and fortune in the art world and their masterpieces are displayed in major galleries around the world. But even with their success, the group's artistic rivalry remains as lively as ever. Whose work sells for the most? Which one has the highest standing in the minds of the art-buying public? In Modern Art: The Card Game, the players are art critics, collectors and gallery owners. All have their own favorite artist in this pantheon of greats -- or at least they do until the game begins. As it is in art galleries the world over, tastes and opinions change constantly in the world of Modern Art. Today's treasure is tomorrow's trash, and no one has more influence on the artists' values than the players in this game. Which players will exert the most influence on the art market? Who will be the best at anticipating the quickly-changing tastes and opinions of buyers, and thus assemble the highest-valued collection of these new masters? Only the most influential collector will come out on top in Modern Art: The Card Game!
FIVE CROWNS CARD GAME $11.99
Five Crowns is a fast paced, ingenious card game! Its double deck contains five suits but it has no Aces or Twos. This unique deck gives you many more options for arranging your hand into sets and sequences - the challenge is to see them!
CRIBBAGE BOARD - GIANT DRUEKE $74.99 This beautifully finished wood Giant Drueke Cribbage board is enormous! It measures 31" by 8" by 3/4" and includes six giant 3" wood pegs that fit into 3/8" drilled holes. This board also includes a leather loop fastened to the top of the board allowing it to be hung from a wall. All Drueke products are made in America and are among the highest quality products we carry.
CRIBBAGE SET - TRAVEL MAGNETIC $19.99 This quality Magnetic Travel Cribbage Set comes complete with magnetic pegs that store easily in the metal case! The silver and bronze pieces store in the high density foam right below the included score pad and pencil. The opposite side contains a spot to store the included playing cards in the middle of the two track board. The folding board measures 8 1/2" by 6" when open and is approximately 1" thick when closed.
CRIBBAGE BOARD - TWO TRACK $8.99 This wood two track Cribbage Board is great for beginner cribbage players! The board includes six metal pegs (silver and gold colored) and measures 14 3/4" by 3 3/4" by 7/8".
ALUMINUM CRIBBAGE SET $29.99 This is a cribbage set that comes in a felt-lined, hinged, durable aluminum storage case measuring approximately 18.75" x 5" x 1.75". The set comes with a three track wooden cribbage board, a deck of bridge-sized playing cards, and 9 cribbage pegs colored silver, gold, and dark copper. This is a great cribbage set for travel!
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