8 games
Kid Games
The first card games most of us ever learned. Simple rules, short hands, and lots of laughing — perfect for teaching kids how a deck of cards works.
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Egyptian Ratscrew
aka ERS, Slap
Take turns flipping cards to a central pile. Slap it on doubles and sandwiches to win the whole stack.
- Players
- 2–6
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
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Go Fish
Ask other players for ranks to collect books of four. The player with the most books wins.
- Players
- 2–6
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
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Golf
aka Six-Card Golf
Swap cards into your face-down grid to build the lowest-scoring layout over nine rounds.
- Players
- 2–6
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
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Old Maid
Pair off your cards and draw from your neighbor — whoever is left holding the unpaired Queen loses.
- Players
- 2–8
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonSolitaire & patienceK
Pyramid Solitaire
Clear a pyramid of cards by removing pairs that total 13. Kings come off on their own.
- Players
- 1
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
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Spoons
aka Pig
Pass cards around the table to collect four of a kind, then grab a spoon — the player left without one is out.
- Players
- 3–13
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy
- Coming soonFamily & kidsQ
War
Both players flip a card; the higher card takes both. Ties trigger a war. Win every card to win the game.
- Players
- 2
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy