What are Some Different Types of Card Games?
Playing cards is thought to have originated in Italy in the mid 1800s. Today, card games remain popular all over the world. Some different types of card games include Bridge, Poker, Cribbage, Solitaire and Rummy. Many different variations of Rummy exist today. Rummy card games are thought to be inspired by a Mexican card game called Conquian that is played with a deck of 40 cards that has no eights, nines or tens. Basic Rummy, or Straight Rummy, is usually played with two to four people, but can be played with up to five or six. The choice of a certain number of deals or a target score must be agreed on before commencing play in basic Rummy card games. All 52 cards in a standard deck of playing cards are used, with the ace low and the King high. Six or seven cards are dealt to each player, depending on the number of players. The top card of the remaining deck is put face up to begin the discard pile and the rest of the deck is the stock pile. The object of basic Rummy is to get rid of
