Card games have been with us since the invention of paper. They're a part of our play culture. Across the ages they've developed into some of today's most popular games of chance and luck. Since the arrival of the computer and the Internet they've taken another massive step and are more popular today than ever before. We've got the best of what's available online: No need to spend hours plowing through endless lists of search results. We sift through the heap and bring you the best: Welcome to our Card Games section.

There's hardly a culture on planet Earth that doesn't know one or the other card game. We're introduced to them as kids, and they're a great pastime throughout our lives. We play snap when we're ten, our dads teach us how to play poker when we're teens, we develop it into a variety of other leisure games when we're in our twenties – and once we're retired, we naturally go back to it all again anyway.

The first documented card games show up in the history of ancient China. They date back to the 9th century. By the 14th century they made it to Europe, the modern colors go back to the first games brought over from North Africa. They became popular everywhere. Most of the modern suits were introduced about a hundred years later, the Italian tarot deck and the French suits among them. The ace has a special historic significance: It was added to the standard deck after the French Revolution to symbolize the rise of the lowest citizen above the king.

Practical aspects have remained more or less the same. The most important points are still the number and association of players, the direction of play and the question of who the dealer is. Casino card games stand out in the sense that betting money on them is part of the game's structure. A number of them have become the standard in most of the world's gambling establishments. This section offers a nice range of them.