Hay's Rule Book
This site originated from an attempt to collect a comprehensive set of rules for commonly played card games for publication as a reference book. I would like this site to eventually contain all games and their variations that are commonly played in the U.S. with cards from a standard American deck. If you play a game listed here and have a variation that I have not included, please
e-mail me. Also, if you play a game I have not listed here, please let me know.ª
General rules of card games.©
General rules of trick-taking games.¨
Hearts¨
Spades¨
Pinochle¨
Double Pinochle¨
Two-handed Pinochle¨
Euchre¨
Five Hundred
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