List of card games by number of cards-Cedar Herald Index

This list arranges card games by the number of cards used. Only games played with traditional playing cards are listed, part of the aim being to answer the question "what games can I play with these cards?" Proprietary card games are not listed since each game comes with a bespoke pack and the question is not relevant.

Where two or more packs are listed, games may be predominantly played with just one pack as indicated at the relevant article. The composition is indicated in brackets thus: (suits x cards) e.g. (4 x AKQJT) means 4 suits each containing the Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten. The key to suits is: F = French-suited cards, G = German-suited cards, I = Italian-suited cards, Sp = Spanish-suited cards and Sw = Swiss-suited cards.

List of card games by number of cards

Games played with classic packs

Games played with 16 cards

French (4 x AQJT) packs: Baśka Kop

List of card games by number of cards

Games played with 20 cards

French (4 x AKQJT) or German (4 x AKOUT) packs: Bauernfangen (G) Bauernschnapsen (G) Dreierschnapsen (G) Short Schafkopf (G) Schnapsen (F or G)

List of card games by number of cards

Games played with 24 cards

German packs (4 x AKOUT9): Bierkopf German Solo (modern Hombre) Mucken with a shortened pack Short Schafkopf Sixty-Six

Games played with 28 cards

French packs (4 x AKQJT97): Skærvindsel

Games played with 32 cards

French (4 x AKQJT987) or German (4 x AKOUT987) packs: Bassadewitz Belote Bezique Bierkopf Blattla Bohemian Schneider Bräus/Brus Brusquembille Coinche Écarté Einwerfen Elfern Fingerkloppe Fünfzehnern German Schafkopf German Solo Grasobern Klaberjass Mau Mau Manille Mariage Mariáš Marjolet Mucken Officers' Skat Oma Skat Préférence Piquet Quodlibet Réunion Schafkopf (long pack) Schwimmen Sedma Sheepshead Siebenschräm Siebzehn und Vier Skat Tippen Toepen Ulti Wallachen Wendish Schafkopf

Games played with 33 cards

German (William Tell or Double German) packs (4 x AKOUT987 plus Weli): Bieten Perlaggen Watten

Games played with 36 cards

Games played with 36 cards may be of considerable antiquity as the standard German card pack reduced to 32 cards during the 19th century (see Dummett 1980). Several of these games are attempts to play the Tarot game of Grosstarock with standard French- or German-suited cards.

French (4 x AKQJT9876), German (4 x AKOUT9876) or Swiss (4x AKOUB9876) packs: Bauerntarock (G) Bavarian Tarock (G) Bräus (F) Brus (F) Brús (F) Bruus (F) Bura (F) Coeur d'Alene Solo (F) Denver Solo (F) Dobbm (G) Durak (F) Frog (F) German Tarok (G) Hindersche (F) Schieber (S) Knack (F) Marjapussi (F) Scharwenzel (F) Six-Bid Solo (F) Skærvindsel (F) Straight Solo (F) Svängknack (F) Tapp (F) Trekort (F) Tschau Sepp (S) Viersche (F) Voormsi (F)

Games played with 40 cards

Italian (4 x RCF765432A), Spanish packs (4 x A3RCF76542) or shortened Tarock (Sküs XXI-IIII + I KQCJT KQCJA) packs: Bestia (I) Briscola (I) Lansquenet (I) L'Hombre (Sp) Mus (Sp) Primero (I or Sp) Quadrille (Sp) Scopa (I) Sette e mezzo (I) Tressette (I) Zwanzigerrufen (T)

Games played with 42 cards

Shortened Tarock pack (Skiz XXI-I KQCJT KQCJA): Hungarian Tarock

Games played with 48 cards

French (AKQJ98765432) or Swiss (KOUB98765432) packs of 48 cards: Kaiserspiel (S) Knüffeln (F) Styrivolt (F)

Games played with 48 cards (2 x 24) French or German pack (2 packs each of 4 x AKOUT7): Binokel (G) Doppelkopf (F or G) Gaigel (G) Penuchle (F)

Games played with 52 cards

French-suited packs (4 x AKQJT98765432): 3-2-5 3-5-8 500 Rum All Fours Auction Bridge Badugi Barbu Battle or Battle Royal Belle, Fluss and Einunddreißig Bingo Black Lady Black Maria Blackjack Bluke Bonken Boston Botifarra Bourré Bridge Cassino Cheat Clag Colonel Conquian Costly Colours Court piece Cribbage Cucumber Cuttle Egyptian Ratscrew Femkort Forty-fives German Whist Gin Rummy Golf Gong Zhu Hearts Hucklebuck Indian Rummy Kachufool King Knockout Whist Köpknack Lanterloo Liverpool Rummy Mizerka My Ship Sails Napoleon Ninety-Nine Norseman's Knock Oh Hell Pedro Phat Pitch Poker Put Ristikontra Rödskägg Rummy Shelem Sheng ji Sixty-three Smear Spades Tarneeb Staircase Rummy Texas hold 'em Turkish King Vira Whist

Games played with 54 cards

Shortened Tarot/Tarock packs (Sküs XXI-I KQCVT987 KQCV1234): Cego Dreierles Dreiertarock Husarln Illustrated Tarock Königrufen Kosakeln Neunzehnerrufen Point Tarock Strohmandeln Tapp Tarock