Card & Tabletop Games
36 entries in the Card & Tabletop Games compendium.
ShatranjAn ancient form of chess from the Sasanian Empire, ancestor of modern chess.Shell gameA gambling game almost always run as a confidence trick.SolitaireThe classic card game of patience and skill, played by one or more players.Standard 52-card deckThe most common playing card deck used worldwide.Tabletop gameGames normally played on a table or flat surface.TarotPlaying cards used for games and divination since the 15th century.Tower of HanoiA mathematical puzzle of disks and rods.Trick-taking gameCard or tile games centered on winning tricks.War (card game)A simple card game of chance with many variations.WargameStrategy games simulating armed conflict for recreation, training, or study.Seven-card studA classic stud poker variant with seven cards per player.Skat (card game)Three-player trick-taking game, national card game of Germany.Sliding puzzleA puzzle where pieces slide without lifting off the board.Social deduction gamePlayers deduce hidden roles through logic and bluffing.Strategy gameGames where decision-making skill determines the outcome.Stud pokerA family of poker variants with face-up and face-down cards.SudokuLogic puzzle where each row, column, and box contains digits 1–9.Table footballTabletop game simulating association football using rod-mounted figures.Tabletop role-playing gameA role-playing game format using speech, rules, and randomization.TangramA seven-piece dissection puzzle of ancient Chinese origin.Tarot card gamesCard games with a permanent trump suit, originating in Italy.Texas hold 'emA poker variant with community cards and four betting rounds.The Game of LifeA board game simulating life's journey from youth to retirement.Tic-tac-toeA solved two-player game with a forced draw under optimal play.TiddlywinksA Victorian parlour game revived as a strategic competitive sport.Trading cardSmall cards collected as hobby or used in games.Traveller (role-playing game)A classic science fiction role-playing game of interstellar adventure.TriviaTrivia: commonplace information turned into competitive play.Twister (game)The game that ties you up in knotsUno (card game)A shedding card game derived from crazy eights and mau-mau.Warhammer 40,000A British miniature wargame set in a grimdark far future.WhistClassic English trick-taking game, precursor to bridge.EurogameStrategy, social play, and no player elimination.Game of the GooseOne of the first commercially manufactured board games.JengaThe classic game of physical skill where every move counts.SenetAncient Egyptian board game with religious and funerary significance.
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