Join a tableJoin a table
Leaderboard & daily dealLeaderboard & daily deal
Join a table
Leaderboard & daily deal
Deal
your result today
players won today
Watch a gameWatch a game
Watch a game
Trick-taking gamesTrick-taking games
Trick-taking games

Spades

Bid your tricks and back your partner in this team game.

Hearts

Dodge the queen of spades in the classic trick-taking card game.

Euchre

Fast trick-taking with trumps, bowers, and a partner.

Bridge

The deepest of the trick-taking card games, bid to played.

Pinochle

Meld your marriages, then win the tricks that count.

Double Deck Pinochle

Bigger melds and bigger bids with two decks and a partner.

Whist

Plain trick-taking, pure card sense, no bidding.

Twenty-Nine

Four-player trick-taking where the jacks rule.

Sergeant Major

Three players, one target each: three, five, eight.

Sheepshead

Trump-heavy trick-taking, Wisconsin style.

Rummy gamesRummy games
Rummy games

Rummy

Lay down sets and runs in the original rummy game.

Gin Rummy

Knock first in the classic two-player rummy game.

Hand & Foot

Two hands each in this canasta-style rummy marathon.

Canasta

Build canastas of seven in the classic partnership rummy game.

Classic gamesClassic games
Classic games

Cribbage

Peg your way round the board in the classic counting game.

Crazy Eights

Match suits and ranks, and save your eights.

Go Fish

Ask for cards, collect the books, go fish.

Old Maid

Pair up fast and do not get stuck with the maid.

Behind the gamesBehind the games
Behind the games

There is always an open table on World of Card Games, at any hour of the day or night. Take a seat and say hi, or ask the bots to sit down with you. Playing is easy and free, stopping is the hard part.

I'm Holger, a designer and programmer from Denmark, and I look after the site on my own. It started back in 2011, long before I came along.

If something breaks, a rule looks wrong, or you'd like a game added, write to me at holger@worldofcardgames.com. I read every email myself and answer them all.

Holger Sindbaek

See you at the tables,

Holger Sindbæk

I have been on this site for more than 10 years because of the camaraderie.

IreanMississippi, USA

Just retired after 20 years and I live for YOUR card games! Best on the net.

RCDallas, Texas

Frequently asked questions

Is it free?

Yes. All eighteen games are free to play and the ads pay for the site. If you'd rather play without ads, a small subscription turns them off and you see the price before you pay anything.

Do I need an account?

No. You can sit down and play as a guest right away. If you sign up, your name, stats, avatar and settings follow you to any computer, tablet or phone. Ranked games open after ten finished games.

Can I play on my own, right now?

Yes. Pick a game and choose Play solo from its Play menu. The bots sit down at once and a solo table has no clock, so take as long as you like over a hand.

How do I get to a table with real people?

Pick a game and choose Join table from its Play menu. If you're new, you first finish one game against the bots in that game. Then the tables with people open up for it. An invite link, a friend's table, a private table or a rematch skips that first game.

Can I play with friends?

Yes. None of them needs an account. Choose Host table, set Private table to On and give the table a name. Your friends choose Join private and type the same name. You can also send them the invite link from the table.

Can I play competitively?

Yes. Ranked games use a rating that starts at 1500 and moves with every result. There are daily, weekly and monthly leaderboards for each game. You need an account and ten finished games first.

I've never played this game. Can I learn it here?

Yes. Every game has a rules page and a short hands-on tutorial. In your first ten games of each game, an arrow points out a good move when you take a while. After that the Hint button shows one whenever you ask.

What happens if my internet drops mid-game?

In a ranked game your seat is held for three minutes, so you can come back to the same hand. At other tables with people it's held for a few seconds. A dropped connection isn't treated as quitting. A solo game waits for hours.

What if someone is rude at the table?

Hover over their name. On a phone or tablet, tap the three dots beside it. Choose Mute to hide their chat or Block so you're never seated together at a public table again. Each chat message has a Flag button. When two players at the table flag the same person, their chat is reviewed.

Are the cards dealt fairly?

Yes. My server shuffles the cards with a cryptographic random number generator before anyone sees a card. Only two kinds of game are set up on purpose. Your first solo game of each game replays the cards of a game that most players won. The daily challenge gives everyone the same cards that day. The shuffle tests are on the site.

Your site has brought me and my friends closer together, and we have met some really nice regular players on your site as well.

CarlinDenver, Colorado

I love your game. Been wanting to try the other ones but I just can't bring myself to stop euchre.

MelanieOhio, USA

What's new

Below are the latest changes. Many of them began as an email from a player. If you spot something, write to me at holger@worldofcardgames.com. The full changelog goes back over ten years.

Spectate mode allows watching ongoing games in Euchre, Hearts, Spades, Gin Rummy, Rummy, Canasta, Hand & Foot, Cribbage, Bridge, Whist, Pinochle, Double Deck Pinochle, and Sheepshead New
Join next game lets you queue for the next available seat at a table New
Daily challenge now available with personalized results and monthly calendar New
Card animation speed setting (Normal/Fast) makes solo bot games run 1.6x faster Improved
Hearts Queen of Spades appearing on first trick and corrected shooting the moon scoring Fixed
Pinochle and Double Deck Pinochle melds and bidding, including team scoring and bid reachability Fixed
Canasta and Hand & Foot going out rules, pile taking, and red three handling Fixed
Euchre lone hand trick counting andbot suit-following behavior Fixed

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