This is a list of notable dedicated deck card games, which use neither standard playing cards nor collectible trading cards.
Name Description Originally published 5 Alive A shedding game. 1990 6 nimmt! A hand management game. 1994 Armchair cricket A simulation game. 1981 Authors A matching game. 1861 Black Peter (card game) A matching and shedding game. circa 1840 Bottle Imp A trick-taking game. 1995 Card Football Premiere Edition A simulation game. 2004 Clue Quest Players make words using cards. 1987 Cuccù A 40-card game in the Cuckoo group. 18th Century Dominion A deck-building game. 2008 Dutch Blitz A matching and shedding game. 1960 Experiment A matching game. 2006 Flinch A matching and shedding game. 1901 Fluxx A multi-genre matching game notable for victory conditions changing throughout the game. 1997 Five Crowns A rummy-style card game using decks with five suits. 1996 Glory to Rome A card game where each card can be used in several ways. 2005 Gnav A 42-card or men game in the Cuckoo group. 1820s Great Dalmuti A variant of Asshole. 1995 Haggis A trick-taking game. 2010 Hanabi A cooperative game. 2010 Happy Families A matching game. circa 1851 Kille (card game) A 42-card game in the Cuckoo group. 18th Century Kvitlech A 24-card comparing game Late 18th or 19th Century Lexicon A word and shedding card game. 1932 Ligretto A shedding card game. 1988 Lindy A specialty or multi-genre card game published by Parker Brothers in 1927, in honor of the solo transatlantic flight of Charles Lindbergh. The game was styled as "A Sequel to the Famous Parker Game Touring," with airplane flight as the theme rather than automobile travel. A similar game was marketed by Nucraft Toys as The Lindy Flying Game, also in 1927, which became the focus of a lawsuit filed by Parker Brothers. 1927 Love Letter 16 card deck. 2012 The Make My Day Card Game A political satire game. 1987 Monopoly Deal A derivation of the board game. 2008 Make-A-Million A trick-taking game. 1934 Mille Bornes A specialty or multi-genre game. 1954 Munchkin A humorous, simplified RPG. 2001 Old Maid The Game of Old Maid (Parker Brothers, 1880s), also known as Matrimony (McLoughlin Brothers, 1890s), The Merry Game of Old Maid (McLoughlin Brothers, 1898), and others, was originally a dedicated-deck game; a matching and shedding game. 19th Century ONO 99 An adding game. 1980 Phase 10 A matching and shedding game. 1982 Pit A matching game. 1904 Quartets A matching game. 1960s Quiddler A rummy-like word game. 1998 Rack-O A Milton Bradley sequential-matching game. A hand is won by the player to acquire first a series of ten cards in numeric order and call "Rack-O!" The game is now marketed by Winning Moves Games. 1956 Rage A trick-taking game. 1983 Renfield A trick-taking game. 1999 Rook A trick-taking game. 1906 Set A real-time matching game. 1991 Skip-Bo A rummy-like shedding game. 1967 Tichu A trick-taking game. 1991 Top Trumps A data comparison game. 1978 Touring A specialty or multi-genre game. 1906 Uno A shedding game. 1971 Vogelspiel A 32-card game in the Cuckoo group. 18th Century Waterworks A matching game from Parker Brothers, the object of which is for each player to create a pipeline of a designated length, beginning with a valve and ending with a spout. The game is now sold by Winning Moves Games. 1972 Whot! A shedding game. 1935 Wizard A trick-taking game. 1984 Xactika A bidding and trick-taking game. 2002
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