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Card Games for Four Players

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Games for Four Players

This is a list of traditional card and tile games that are designed for or work well with four players. Each game is listed just once - for alternative names see the general alphabetical index. For each game the configuration of players and the type and number of cards or tiles is listed. There is an explanation of the symbols below the table.

GameDesignQuantityConfiguration
Abyssinia Poker   52 individual
Ace-To-Six Lowball (Draw) Poker   52 individual
Agram   31, 35 individual
Albastini   36 partnership
Alkort   44 partnership
All Fives dominoes   28 individual
All for One and One for All Poker   52 individual
All Fours Lancashire   52 partnership
All Fours Trinidad   52 partnership
All Fours Yorkshire   52 partnership
All Threes Dominoes   28 individual
Alsós   32 alliance [1]
Aluette   48 partnership
Amerikaner   52 alliance
Andar Bahar   52 banker
Animals   52 individual
Anrufen   24 alliance
Arba'a Turub   4x36 partnership
Arizona 29-card Pitch   28+J partnership
Arlington   2x52 individual | partnership
Asserufen Schafkopf   32 alliance
Auction Poker   52 individual
Auction Draw Dominoes   28 individual
Auction Forty-Fives   52 partnership
Austrian Dominoes   36 individual
Authors  Quartet cards 32, 42, 44, 52 individual
Avinas   32 partnership
Baccarat Punto Banco   6x52 banker
Back Alley   52, 52+2J individual | partnership
Backstab Fish   2x52+4J individual
Badugi   52 individual
Bagchen   2x32 individual
Baloot   32 partnership
Banakil   2x52+2J partnership
Barbu   52 individual
Bartok   52 individual
Baśka   16 alliance
Basra   52 partnership
Bastard Brag   52 individual
Bauernschnapsen    20 partnership
Bauernstoss   32 partnership
Be-Ranga Double Sar   52 partnership
Belote   32 partnership
Bergen   28 individual
Bestia    40 individual
Bid Euchre   2x16, 2x20, 2x24 partnership
Bid Whist   52, 52+2J partnership
Bieten   33 individual
Big Two   52 individual
Billitonnen   28 individual
Binglao poker   52 individual
Biriba Μπιρίμπα   2x52+4J partnership
Biritch   52 partnership
Bisca   40 partnership
Blackjack 21   6x52 banker
Blind Hughie Dominoes   28 individual
Blind-Watten   33, 36 partnership
Block Dominoes   28 individual | partnership
Block Dominoes with Spinners   28 individual | partnership
Bluff   52 individual
Boerenbridge   52 individual
Bonanza Pai Gow   32 banker
Boomke Wies   52 partnership
Boonaken   32 individual
Botifarra   48 partnership
Bouillotte   20 individual
Brag 3 card   52 individual
Brag 4 card   52 individual
Brag 5 card   52 individual
Bräus Gotland   36 partnership
Bridge   52 partnership
Brisca   40 partnership
Briscola    32, 40 individual | partnership
Brouc   32 partnership
Brus Denmark   36 partnership
Brús Iceland   36 partnership
Bruus North Friesland   36 partnership
Buck Euchre   24 individual
Buki Dominoes   36 individual
Bullshit   52 individual
Buraco Brazilian   2x52+4J partnership
Burako Argentinean   2x52+2J partnership
Burraco Italian   2x52+4J partnership
Burro   40, 48 individual
Busca    40 individual
Buy Your Card / Substitution Poker   52 individual
Calabresella    40 alliance [1]
California Lowball Poker   52, 52+J individual
Call Bridge   52 individual
Call Partner Rook ®   56+J alliance
Calypso   4x52 partnership
Cambio Golf   52, 52+2J individual
Canadian Salad   52 individual
Canasta   2x52+4J partnership
Canastone   3x52+6J partnership
Cangkul   52, 52+J individual
Cap-It   2x52+4J individual
Card Bingo   52, 2x52 individual
Caribbean Stud Poker   52 banker
Carioca   2x52+4J individual
Carousel   2x52+2J individual
Casino   52 partnership
Casino Dominican   52 individual | partnership
Casino Sotho   52 partnership
Casino South African   40 individual
Casino Swazi   52 partnership
Casino Hold'em Poker   52 banker
Casita Robada   40, 48 individual
Cau Robat   40 individual
Ce Deng 斜钉   32 individual
Cego   54 alliance
Charlemagne   32, 32+2J partnership
Checkmate   52+2J individual
Chicago Swedish   52 individual
Chicago Bridge   52 partnership
Chicken Foot   55 individual
Chinese Patience   52 individual
Chinese Poker   52 individual
Chinese Ten   52 individual
Chiva   28 partnership
Chkobba   40 partnership
Chor Voli   52 individual
Cicera   52 partnership
Cincinnati Poker   52 individual
Cinquecento   40 partnership
Cirulla   40 partnership
Cirullone   40 partnership
Clabber   24 partnership
Clag   52 individual
Clobyosh   32 partnership
Cöch Cuckoo cards 40 partnership
Coiffeur-Schieber Jass    36 partnership
Coinche   32 partnership
Concentration Dominoes   28 individual
Contract Rummy   2x52+3J, 2x52+4J individual
Coteccio   40 individual
Couillon   24 partnership
Coup d'Etat ™   32+J individual
Courchevel poker   52 individual
Court Piece   52 partnership
Crash 13-card Brag   52 individual
Crates   52 partnership
Crazy Eights   52 individual
Crazy Eights Countdown   52 individual
Crazy Pineapple Poker   52 individual
Crazy Pineapple Hi-Lo Poker   52 individual
Crazy Rummy   52 individual
Crazy Solo   36 alliance
Cribbage partnership   52 partnership
Cuajo   112 partnership
Cuarenta   40 partnership
Cuban Dominoes   55 partnership
Cucumber   52, 52+2J individual
Cut Throat Dominoes Jamaican   28 individual
Cyprus   55 individual
Dă Băi Fēn 打百分   52+2J partnership
Dai Fugō   52+J individual
Dakota Poker   52 individual
Dehla Pakad   52 partnership
Democracy   48+2J individual
Diablo Poker   52 individual
Differenzler Jass    36 individual
Diloti Δηλωτή   52 partnership
Dingo   52 individual
Dirty Schultz Poker   52 individual
Dobbm   36 alliance
Dom Pedro   52+J partnership
Domino Euchre   28 partnership
Domino Loo   28 individual
Domino Poker   20 individual
Domino Rounce   28 individual
Domino Twenty-One   28 banker
Dompe    40, 48, 52+J individual
Donkey South Indian   52 individual
Doppelkopf   2x20, 2x24 alliance
Doscientos   28 partnership
Dou Dizhu 斗地主   2x52+4J alliance
Double Bergen   28 individual
Double Briškula   32 individual
Double Draw Dominoes   28 individual
Double Draw Poker   52 individual
Double Sir   52 partnership
Down and Back   52 individual
Draw Dominoes   28 individual
Dreeg   24 alliance
Dreierles   54 alliance [1]
Droggn Tarock   66 alliance [1]
Dubbelkingen   52 individual
Dudák   32 individual
Durak Perevodnoy   36 individual
Durak Podkidnoy   36 partnership
Durak Severnyi   36 partnership
Earl of Coventry   52 individual
Egyptian Ratscrew   52 individual
Eighty-Three   52, 52+J partnership
Eleusis   3x52, 4x52 individual
Eleven Point Black Tile   28 individual | partnership
Eléwénjewé   52, 52+2J individual
Empat Satu 41   52 individual
Escoba   40 individual | partnership
Etori classic   52 partnership
Euchre   24, 24+J, 32 partnership
Fan Tan   52 individual
Fapfap   35 individual
Farmers' Rummy   2x52+4J individual
Faro   52 banker
Fast Track   4x52+8J individual | partnership
Ferbli   32 individual
Fifty-Six   2x24 partnership
Filicău   32 partnership
Filkó   32 partnership
Fipsen   25 alliance
Fish Pitch   52 partnership
Five Card Draw Deuces Wild Poker   52 individual
Five Card Draw Poker   52 individual
Five Card Draw with a Bug Poker   52+J individual
Five Hundred   42+J, 44+J, 44+2J partnership
Five Up Dominoes   28 partnership
Fives and Threes Dominoes   28 individual
Flower & Scorpion   28 individual
Fortune Rummy   2x52 individual | partnership
Forty-One Syrian   52 partnership
Freeze Out Dominoes   28 individual
French Dominoes   28 individual
Gaigel   2x24 partnership
Game, Flip, Flop   52 individual
Gān Dèng Yǎn 干瞪眼   52+2J, 2x52+4J individual
Gaple   28 individual | partnership
Générala   52+2J individual
German Solo   32 alliance
Getaway   52 individual
Ghârat   52 individual | partnership
Giltspiel   32 partnership
Ging   28 individual
Giog   32 individual
Gnav Cuckoo cardsCuckoo pieces 42 individual
Go Fish   52 individual
Go Stop   48+5J individual [1]
Goita   32 partnership
Golden Ten   56 individual
Golf   52 individual
Golf Eight Card   52, 52+2J individual
Golf Four Card   52 individual
Golf Nine Card   52, 52+2J individual
Golf Six Card   52, 52+2J individual
Gong Zhu 拱猪   52 individual
Grocery Store Dots Poker   52 individual
Guadalupe   2x52 individual
Guàn Dàn 掼蛋   2x52+4J partnership
Guiñote   40 partnership
Hachi-Hachi   48 individual [1]
Haitian Dominoes   28 partnership
Hand   2x52+2J individual | partnership
Hand and Foot   5x52+10J individual | partnership
Hand and Foot Bain   4x52+8J partnership
Handjass    36 individual
Happy Families  Quartet cards 44, 52 individual
Hazari   52 individual
Hearts   52 individual
Henway Poker   52 individual
Hidden Rung   52 partnership
High Card Pool   52 individual
Hindersche   36 individual
Hokm   52 partnership
Hola   52 partnership
Hollywood Garbage   2x52 individual
Honest John   55 individual
Hoola   52 individual
Horse Race Dominoes   28 individual | partnership
Hosa Aba   36 individual
Hungarian Dominoes   28 individual
Hurrikan   40 partnership
Huutopussi   36 partnership
I Doubt It!   52 individual
Irish Poker   52 individual
Irish Don   44, 48, 52 partnership
Irish Snap   52 individual
Italian Dominoes   28 individual
Italian Poker   32 individual
Jacks Back (5 Card Draw) Poker   52, 52+J individual
Jacks or Better (5 Card Draw) Poker   52 individual
Jeu de Carte Sipa   31 individual
Jhyap Yaniv   52, 52+2J individual
Jie Long 接龙 - dominoes   32 individual
Jjak-mat-chu-gi 짝맏추기   32 individual
Joffre Joffre cards 32 partnership
Joker   36, 34+2J, 36+2J individual
Joker Karo   2x52+4J individual
Jū mǎ pāo 車馬包   32 individual
Juse   52 individual
K'ap Tái Shap   8x32 individual
Kaiser   32, 34 partnership
Kaiserjass Nidwalden   40 partnership
Kakeya Toranpu   52 partnership
Kalooki Caribbean   2x52+4J individual
Kalter Schlag   32 individual
Kaluki European / North American   2x52+2J individual
Kaluki South Africa   2x52+4J individual
Kan   39+J alliance
Kani   52 alliance
Kansas City Lowball Poker   52 individual
Kapaga   52+2J individual
Karnöffel   48 partnership
Kasino Finnish   52 individual
Kasino Swedish   52 individual
Katti   52 banker
Kemps   52 partnership
Kentucky Rook ®   44+J partnership
Kierki   52 individual
King   52 individual
King Pedro   52 partnership
Kingen   52 individual
Kings Corners   52 individual
Klabberjass   32 partnership
Kláber   32 partnership
Klaverjassen   32 partnership
Kleurenwiezen   52 alliance
Kloepper   24 alliance
Kluft   52+2J individual
Knock Poker   52 individual
Knock Rummy   52 individual
Knock-Out Whist   52 individual
Knüffeln   48 partnership
Koira   52 individual
Königrufen Graden    24 alliance
Königrufen Lungau Tarock   54 alliance
Königrufen Rußbach   32 alliance
Königrufen Tarock   54 alliance
Kop   16 alliance
Kozel   36 partnership
Kraken   32 partnership
Kritisch-Watten   33 partnership
Kruisjassen   32 partnership
Krypkasino   2x52 individual | partnership
Krypkille Cuckoo cards 42 individual
Kujong   24 partnership
Kwajongen   24 partnership
L'Hombre   40 alliance [1]
Lame Brain Pete Poker   52 individual
Lansquenet   6x52 banker
Last One   52+2J individual
Laugh and Lie Down   52 individual
Laus   32 individual
Let It Ride   52 banker
Loba Argentina   2x52+4J individual
Loba de Mas   2x52+4J individual
Loba de Menos   2x52+4J individual
Logic   24, 26+2J partnership
Longana   55 individual
Lora Serbian, Croatian    32 individual
Lórum Hungarian   32 individual
Lórum Slovak   32 alliance
Losing Loadum   52 individual
Lost Heir Lost Heir cards 32 individual | partnership
Lowball (Draw) Poker   52 individual
Luk Fu 六虎 Money cards 37 individual [1]
Lupfen   20 individual
Machiavelli   2x52 individual
Madrasso   40 partnership
Mah Jong 麻将 Money tiles 136+8J individual
Malilla    40 partnership
Maltese Cross   28 individual
Maniglia   40 partnership | alliance
Manillen   32 partnership
Manipulation Rummy   2x52 individual
Mao   2x52, 3x52 individual
Marafon-Beccaccino   40 partnership
Marianna    40 partnership
Mariáš   32 alliance
Mariglia   40 partnership
Marjapussi   36 partnership
Marriage Rummy   3x52 individual
Matador   28 individual | partnership
Mattazza   40 individual
Mattis   52 individual
Maw   52 individual | partnership
Mediatore    40 alliance
Mendikot   52 partnership
Mënsch   32 alliance
Mexican Train   91 individual
Michigan   52 individual
Millone Tarocchi Bolognesi   62 partnership
Milo   28 partnership
Minchiate   97 partnership
Minibridge   52 partnership
Mitaines   52 partnership
Mitigatti Nice: 1930    78 alliance
Molotow Jass    36 individual
Mpourloto   32 partnership
Muggins Dominoes   28 individual
Mulle   2x52 individual | partnership
Mura   32 individual
Mus   40 partnership
Mustamaija   52 individual
Nap   24, 28, 52 alliance
Napalm   52 individual
Neeznáá Dah Yíjihí   2x40 individual
Neuf   52 partnership
Nine Card Don   52 partnership
Ninety-Eight   52, 52+2J individual
Ninety-Nine adding game   52 individual
NLK   32 individual
Nobble   52 individual
Nod   52 partnership
Noms   52 alliance
Nos   28 individual
Ogórek Cucumber   52 individual
Oh Hell!   52 individual
Okey   2x52+2J individual
Okey 101   2x52+2J individual
Oklahoma 10-point Pitch   52+2J partnership
Old Maid  Old Maid cards 43, 51 individual
Omaha Poker individual
Omaha Hi-Lo Eight or Better Poker   52 individual
Omaha High Poker   52 individual
Omi   52 partnership
One Hundred adding game   52 individual
One-Eyed Jack   2x52, 2x52+4J partnership
Open Face Chinese Poker   52 individual
Page One   52+J individual
Pai Gow 牌九   32 banker
Pai Gow Poker   52+J banker
Pâi Hông ไพ่ห้อง   52 individual
Paiute   52 individual
Pan Polish   24 individual
Pandoeren   33 alliance
Panguingue   8x40 individual
Partner Dominoes Jamaican   28 partnership
Partnership Dominoes Latin   28 partnership
Paskahousu   52+J individual
Passing Dominoes   28 individual
Pedro   52 partnership
Pedro Sancho   52 partnership
Pegs and Jokers   3x52+6J, 4x52+8J partnership
Pelmanism   52 individual
Pepper   24 partnership
Perlaggen   33 partnership
Phat   52 partnership
Pick a Partner Poker   52 alliance
Pig   52, 52+J individual
Pilotta   32 partnership
Pineapple Poker   52 individual
Pinochle 3-player Auction   2x24 alliance [1]
Pinochle Double Deck   4x20 partnership
Pinochle Single Deck Partnership   2x24 partnership
Pişti   52 partnership
Pitch   52 individual | partnership
Pitch with Fives   52 partnership
Pitty Pat   52 individual
Plus-Minus Jass    36 individual
Poch   32 individual
Podrida   52 individual
Poker Menteur   52 individual
Polignac   32 individual
Polish Red Dog   52 banker
Pope Joan   51 individual
Porrazo   52 individual | partnership
Pöytäpaska   52+J individual
Preferans Russian   36 alliance [1]
Preference alliance [1]
Preference Austrian    32 alliance [1]
President   52, 52+2J individual
Price is Right, The Poker   52 individual
Primero    40 individual
Progressive Badugi   52 individual
Progressive Badugi with a Buy   52 individual
Prostoy Durak   36 individual
Proter   52 individual
Psycho Poker   52 individual
Pulle Dominoes   36 individual
Push Rummy   2x52+4J partnership
Quadrille   40 alliance
Quan Dui 全對 Money cards 120 individual
Quartett  Quartet cards 32 individual
Quatre Sept   32 partnership
Quattro Scartate Tarocchi Bolognesi   62 partnership
Quinientos   28 partnership
Racing Demon   4x52 individual
Railroad Canasta   8x52+16J individual
Ramchi   52 individual
Ramino Pokerato carioca   2x52+4J individual
Ramino Pokerato con Jolly immaginario   2x52 individual
Ramino Pokerato con rilancio   2x52+4J individual
Ramsli   32 individual
Raub   32 individual
Red Frog Black Frog   52 individual
Remi Indonesia   52 individual
Reversis   48 individual
Ribs   32 individual
Rikken   52 alliance
Ristiklappi   52 partnership
Ristikontra   52 partnership
Rıfkı   52 individual
Ronda   40 partnership
Rook ®   44+J, 56+J partnership | alliance
Round the World Poker   52 individual
Royal Casino   52 individual | partnership
Rubamazzo    40 individual
Rubber Bridge   52 partnership
Ruff and Honours   52 partnership
Rufmariasch   32 alliance
Rummikub ®   2x52+2J individual
Rummikub ® American   2x52+2J individual
Rummikub ® Internationsl   2x52+2J individual
Rummikub ® Sabra   2x52+2J individual
Rummy basic   52 individual
Rummy Indian   2x52+2J individual
Rummy 500   52, 52+2J individual
Ruotsalainen paskahousu   52+J individual
Russian Poker   52 banker
Sab’at Al-Deemin سعبة الديمن   32 partnership
Sam Sip ผสมสิบ   52, 52+3J individual
Samba   3x52+6J partnership
Sancagna   52 partnership
Sang Krip   32 individual
Sasaki 사사끼   48 alliance
Saskop   36 partnership
Satat   52 partnership
Scala Quaranta   2x52+4J individual
Scat   52 individual
Schafkopf Bavarian   24, 32 alliance
Schafkopf Deutscher   32 partnership
Schafkopf Palatinate   32 alliance [1]
Schieber Jass     36 partnership
Schwimmen   32 individual
Scopa    40 partnership
Scopa con le Scalette    40 partnership
Scopa Corse   36 partnership
Scopa d'Assi    40 partnership
Scopa di Quindici    40 partnership
Scopone    40 partnership
Sebastopol   28 individual
Sedma   32 partnership
Sedma Dominoes   28 individual
Sedma osmová   32 partnership
Sedmice   32 partnership
Seep   52 partnership
Seven Bridge   52 individual
Seven Card Draw Poker   52 individual
Seven Rocks   28 partnership
Seven Twenty-Seven   52 individual
Seven-Toed Pete Dominoes   28 individual | partnership
Shanghai   2x52 individual
Sheepshead   32 alliance
Shichi Narabe   52, 52+J individual
Shithead   52 individual
Shlla'at شَلَّعَت   52+2J individual
Shoot   52 banker
Sì Sè Pái 四色牌   112 individual
Sidi Barrani Jass    36 partnership
Simultaneous Solitaire   4x52 individual
Sink-Sink   35 individual
Sipa Togo   31, 32 individual
Siwweschrööm   32 individual
Sixty-Three   52, 52+J partnership
Sjavs   32 partnership
Skat    32 alliance [1]
Skin   52 banker
Skitgubbe   52 individual
Skruuvi   52 partnership
Slabberjan Cuckoo pieces 42 individual
Slapjack   52 individual
Slippery Sam   52 banker
Slosh   28 individual
Smear   32, 32+2J, 52, 52+2J partnership
Snap   52 individual
Sniff   28 individual | partnership
Snip Snap Snorum   52 individual
Solo Whist   52 alliance
Spades   52, 52+2J partnership
Spar   35, 36 individual
Speculation   52 individual
Spitzer   32 alliance
Spoons Eights   2x52 individual
Spot Hearts   52 individual
Staekske Rape   32 alliance
Stealing Bundles   52 individual
Stop the Bus   52 individual
Stortok   36 individual
Stovkahra   32 partnership
Strip Poker   52 individual
Stýrivolt   48 partnership
Substitution Poker   52 individual
Sueca   40 partnership
Sueca Italiana   40 alliance
Svoi Kozyri   36 individual
Swoop   2x52+4J individual
Table Top Cribbage   52 partnership
Tablić   40, 52 individual | partnership
Tahiti   2x52+4J individual
Tahoe Poker   52 individual
Tàihé A Bāo 泰和A包   40 alliance
Tapp Tarock   54 alliance [1]
Tarneeb   52 partnership
Tarocchi Piedicavallo   62 partnership
Tarocchi Sicilian   63 partnership | alliance
Tarocchi Bolognesi Ottocento   62 partnership
Tarock Tübingen   78 alliance
Tarok Danish   78 individual [1]
Tarok Romanian   54 alliance
Tarok Slovenian   54 alliance
Taroki Polish, call king   54 alliance
Taroki Polish, call XIX   54 alliance
Tarokk Hungarian   42 alliance
Tarokk Illustrated Hungarian   42 alliance
Taroky Czech   54 alliance
Tarot Chambéry 1902   78 partnership | alliance
Tarot French   78 alliance
Tau Ngau   32 banker
Teen Patti   52 individual
Teka   52 partnership
Telefunken   2x52+4J individual
Telesina   32 individual
Ten-Card Regrets Poker   52 individual
Texas 42   28 partnership
Texas Hold'em Poker   52 individual
Texas Hold'em Bonus   52 banker
Thirty Point Black Tile   28 individual
Three Card Poker   52 banker
Three-Thirteen Rummy   2x52, 2x52+4J individual
Thunee South African   28 partnership
Thuni Nigerian   32 partnership
Tiddly-Wink British   28 individual
Tien Gow 天九   32 individual
Tiến Lên   52 individual
Tile Rummy Romanian   2x52+2J individual
Tjuv   36 individual
Toepen   32 individual
Toonerville Rook   4x56+4J individual
Top Trumps Top Trumps cards 48 individual
Tournament Blackjack   52, 6x52 banker
Tractor 拖拉机   2x52+4J, 3x52+6J partnership
Trains   55, 91 individual
Trash   2x52 individual
Traversone    40 individual
Tres y Dos   52 individual
Tresillo   40 alliance [1]
Tressette    40 partnership
Tri Palki три палки   36 individual
Trionfetti   52 partnership
Triple Draw Poker   52 individual
Tripoli   52 individual
Trips to Win (5 Card Draw) Poker   52 individual
Trix   52 individual
Troccas   78 partnership
Troefcall   52 partnership
Troeven   32 partnership
Truc Catalonia   40 partnership
Truc France   32 partnership
Truco partnership
Truco Argentinean   40 partnership
Truco Uruguayan   40 partnership
Truco Mineiro   40 partnership
Truco Paulista   40 partnership
Truf   52 individual
Tunkhannock 14-point Pitch   52+2J individual
Tuppenny Ha'penny Loo   28 individual
Turbo Hearts   52 individual
Turkish Poker   32 individual
Tute   40 partnership
Tute arrastrado   40 individual [1]
Tute cabrero   40 individual
Tute gana-pierde   40 individual
Tute subastado   40 alliance [1]
Tuxedo   40 individual
Twenty-Eight   32 partnership
Twenty-Nine   32 partnership
Twenty-One Point Black Tile   28 individual
Twenty-Six   2x52+4J individual
Twenty-Two   52 individual
Twist'em Dominoes   28 banker
Two Hundred   36, 40 partnership
Tysiąc 1000   24 alliance [1]
Ugly   52 individual
Uke-Shogi   40 individual
Ulti   32 alliance [1]
Valepaska   52+J individual
Vändåtta   52 individual
Vändtia   52 individual
Vatikan   2x52+2J individual
Vatra   52, 52+J individual
Vazhushal   2x52+4J individual
Verish' Ne Verish'   52 individual
Viersche   36 partnership
Vint   52 partnership
Vira   52 alliance [1]
Vitou   32 partnership
Viuda, La   52 individual
Voormsi   36 partnership
Wall Street Poker   52 individual
Watten   32, 33, 36 partnership
Whisky Poker   52 individual
Whist classic   52 partnership
Whist Israeli   52 individual
Whist Minnesota   52 partnership
Whist Romanian   32 individual
Whot ® British Whot cards 49+4J individual
Whot ® Nigerian Whot cards 49+5J individual
Wiezen   52 alliance
Xeri Ξερή   52 partnership
Yonin-Kan   39+J alliance
Yukon   52 partnership
Žandari   52 partnership
Zanga   32 partnership
Zecchinetta    40 banker
Zhēng Fēn 挣分   52+2J individual
Zhēng Shàngyóu 争上游   52+2J individual | partnership
Zole   26 alliance [1]
Zsírozás   32 partnership
Zwanzig ab   32 individual
Zwanzigerrufen   40 alliance
Zwicker   52+3J, 52+4J, 52+6J partnership
5 Card Omaha poker   52 individual
6 Card Omaha poker   52 individual
6-card Brag   52 individual
7-card Brag   52 individual
7-Truf   32 individual
   40 banker
9-card Brag   52 individual
25   52 individual | partnership
31 Dutch   32 individual
31 Greek   52 banker
31 showdown   52 individual
32-card Poker   32 individual
41 Exchange   52 individual
51 Chinese   52, 52+2J individual
51 Japanese   52, 52+J, 52+2J individual
55   52 alliance
110   52 alliance
220   52 alliance
304   32 partnership
501   24 alliance [1]
1000   24 alliance [1]
5000 Rummy   52, 52+2J, 2x48, 2x48+4J, 2x52, 2x52+4J, 3x48, 3x52, 3x52+6J individual

Explanation of symbols

Configuration

  • Individual. There are no teams. All players play for themselves and against the others.
  • Partnership. The players are divided into fixed teams, generally two against two, with partners sitting opposite each other.
  • Alliance. Temporary teams (alliances) are formed during the game, either two against two or one against three, and players may be sitting next to or opposite their partner(s). Usually the teams are set by the bidding or by the location of certain cards. The teams generally change from deal to deal, so although players will need to co-operate with their partners, ultimately everyone plays for themselves.
  • Sitting Out. A number in brackets [1] indicates players who do not take a full part in the game, but may have minor duties such as dealing the cards, fetching the beer or making the tea. Players generally take turns to sit out. Many games with three active players work well in this format.
  • Banker. One player is the banker, and the other players play against the banker, rather than against each other. Many casino games have this format, with a representative of the house playing as the banker. In home games, the role of banker usually passes from player to player, so that everyone has an opportunity to be the bank.

Design

This column indicates the type of cards or tiles needed. See the equipment section of the classified index for further details of the different designs.

Quantity

This column gives the number of cards in the deck, indicates where multiple decks are used, and the number of jokers. Where the game can be played with various sizes or numbers of decks, perhaps depending on the number of players, the possibilities are listed, separated by commas. For example, "2x32" means a double 32-card deck: 64 cards in all with two copies of each card. "52+2J" means a 52-card deck with two jokers. "32, 36" means the game can be played with 32 or 36 cards. "2x52+2J, 3x52+3J" means that the game can be played with two 52-card decks plus two jokers (106 cards) or three 52-card decks plus three 52-card decks plus three jokers (159 cards).

Possible for Four Players

Here is a list of other traditional card and tile games that can be played by four players. These are games that although possible for four, are not particularly recommended, since they work better with some other number of players.

GameDesignQuantityConfiguration
Aces, Straights and Flushes Poker   52 individual
All Fours North American   52 partnership
Baseball Poker   52 individual
Big Three   52 alliance
Bitch, The Poker   52 individual
Black Mariah Poker   52 individual
Bourré   52 individual
Buddha's Folly Poker   52 individual
Bura   32, 36 individual
Calcutta Horse Race   52 individual
Candyman   52 alliance
Chicago Poker   52 individual
CHORSE Poker   52 individual
CHORSEL Poker   52 individual
Chouine   32 individual
Cowpie Poker   52 individual
Cucù Cuckoo cards 40 individual
Dealer's Choice Poker   52 individual
Deuces & Jacks & the Man with the Axe Poker   52 individual
Do Ya Poker   52 individual
Eight Game Mix Poker   52 individual
Elevator Poker   52 individual
English Stud Poker   52 individual
Five Card Stud Poker   52 individual
Five Card Stud High-Low Poker   52 individual
Five Card Stud High-Low With a Buy Poker   52 individual
Follow The Queen Poker   52 individual
Football Poker   52 individual
Four of a Kind   52 individual
Gallinazo   28 individual
Gin Rummy   2x52 partnership
Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Poker   52 individual
Guts   52 individual
Have a Heart Poker   52 individual
HOE Poker   52 individual
HORSE Poker   52 individual
Horse Race cards   52 banker
HOSE Poker   52 individual
Howdy Doody Poker   52 individual
In Between   52 individual | banker
Indian Poker   52 individual
Iron Cross Poker   52 individual
Jack the Shifter Poker   52 individual
Kontsina Κοντσίνα   52 partnership
Kryt'-navalivat'   36 individual
Kvitlech Quitli cards 24 banker
London Lowball (7-card Stud) Poker   52 individual
Loo   52 individual
Low Chicago Poker   52 individual
Low Hole Poker   52 individual
Lowball (5 Card Stud) Poker   52 individual
Mambassa   40 individual
Mexican Stud Poker   52 individual
Mexican Sweat Poker   52 individual
Mighty   42+J, 51 alliance
Moon   28 partnership
Napoleon Japanese   52, 52+J alliance
New Canasta   5x52+10J individual
Night Baseball Poker   52 individual
Ninety-Nine trick-taking   52 individual
No Peek Poker   52 individual
P'yanitsa Drunkard   36 individual
Pass The Trash Poker   52 individual
Pâsur   52 partnership
Petrangola   40 individual
Pip-Pip!   2x52 individual
Poker Bull   52, 52+2J individual
Pontoon   52 banker
Push Poker   52 individual
Put   52 partnership
Pyramid Poker   52 individual
QiuQiu   28 individual
Război   52 individual
Razz   52 individual
ROE Poker   52 individual
Roll Your Own Poker   52 individual
San Francisco Poker   52 individual
Sap Ng Wu 十五湖   84 individual
Sechsundsechzig    24 partnership
Second Hand High Poker   52 individual
Selection / Rejection Poker   52 individual
Sequence Poker   52 individual
Sergeant Major   52 individual
Seven Card Stud Poker   52 individual
Seven Card Stud High-Low Poker   52 individual
Seven Card Stud with Wild Cards Poker   52 individual
Seven-card Regrets Poker   52 individual
SHOE Poker   52 individual
Sökö Stud Poker   52 individual
Spit in the Ocean Poker   52 individual
Spite and Malice   4x52 individual | partnership
Steal War   52+2J individual
Sviten Special   52 individual
Ta Gou Ta Doi 搭九搭对   32 individual
Three Five Seven Poker   52 individual
Tic Tac Toe Poker   52 individual
Tonk   52 individual
Trees Poker   52 individual
Troggu   62 alliance
Twenty-Four   40 individual
Two plus One Poker   52 individual
Vier-Anderle   38 individual
War   52, 52+2J individual
Woolworth Poker   52 individual
Yukon Hold'em Poker   52 individual
Z Poker   52 individual
4-2-2 Poker   52 individual
4-2-3 Poker   52 individual
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