Card holders are a perfect fit for any Canasta lover! Especially since you start out with 11 and many times more cards while playing various forms of canasta. The really nice part is there are so many different types of card holders. From the simplest round ones to the more elaborate ones like the fan […]
1. INTRODUCTION: Canasta is a unique South American card game of melds and strategy, and a member of the Rummy card family. It was introduced to the United States in 1949, having started in Uruguay. Within a few months, Canasta became an overnight sensation. For the next several years, it was the #1 card game […]
We are often asked, “How many decks of cards do I need for canasta”. Well, that is really a trick question. While most in America are used to “American Canasta” which requires 2 decks, some of the up-and-coming versions of Canasta like “Hand and Foot” can require 5 or 7 decks depending on how many […]
Pokeno is a game we have enjoyed as playing as a family. I like the fact that you can “change it up” a bit. We like to collect prizes, then play when we have a nice selection to choose from. We play it with the kids just like you would play bingo, except you use […]
How To Play Texas Hold Em Poker The Shuffle, The Deal and The Blinds The dealer shuffles a standard 52-card deck. (In casinos, the dealer never plays. A round disc — known as a “dealer button” — moves clockwise from player to player with each hand. The button marks which player would be the dealer […]
Farkle is a game the whole family could enjoy but if you like a challenge, this is a good game for you! I played this game with my friend, and she said, “I really thought it was cool, except when I got tons of farkles.” She also played this game with my brothers and sisters […]
My family & I love Rummy. Whenever we get a chance to sit down and play cards, we play it. So when I saw the game Rummino! I knew we had to try it. We loved it! It’s Rummy with tiles instead of cards. Each tile has a suit icon to go with its respective […]
I know that 100% plastic playing cards have been all the craze over the past few years, but I just could not bring myself to play with a deck on a regular basis. That was until I got my hands on a deck of Modiano 100% Playing Cards! I like them because the card stock […]
There are a ton of tricks you can perform with playing cards. Often times you can do them with a normal deck and other times you can get a “rigged” deck. This area highlights some of the tricks you can do with items from Newt’s Games and Playing Cards. MORE ABOUT CARDS AND MAGIC Card […]
Five Hundred Copyright Originally by the US Playing Card Company 1904, this article adapted from Wikipedia 500 is a trick-taking card game based on Euchre. The game was invented and copyrighted by the United States Playing Card Company in 1904. 500 is played as a social card game and was highly popular in the United […]