The House of Cards - Card Games, Playing Cards, and Online Card Games

Welcome to The House of Cards!

The 2012 editions of Hoyle Card Games, Hoyle Casino Games, and Hoyle Puzzle and Board Games are now available. Hoyle Games are the #1 best-selling card and board game collections!

Hearts

In this highly competitive online version of Hearts, both you and your opponent play against three computer players in a mad hatter version of the classic card game. Whoever scores higher wins the round and takes the prize!

KEM Playing Cards

KEM Playing Cards are widely regarded as one of the very best playing card brands, due to their high quality and excellent durability, lasting at least 30 times longer than paper cards and considerably longer than vinyl cards.

Uno Card Games

Uno is one of the world's most popular family card games, and there are dozens of new and exciting variations, including Uno Attack!, Uno Flash, Uno Reflex, then innovative Uno Roboto, as well an numerous themed Uno decks.

Rummy Royal

Join thousands of players from all over in exciting multiplayer games of Canasta, Gin Rummy, Oklahoma, Kalooki, Rummy 500, Okey (Tile Rummy), and many more of your favorite Rummy games!

Welcome to the relaunched House of Cards, now with even more great games and essential information for card game fans. Be sure to check out our expanded selection of online card games that allow you to play some fun and addictive games against opponents from all over the world, right from your browser, with no downloads required!

The House of Cards is the web's premier resource for card games and playing cards. It's made by and for people who love to play cards!

The Latest Card Game News

Card Game News, October 2014
The latest card game and playing card news: Bridging the gap, Cheating by tampering with the deck, Kaiser trademark dispute ... and more news and reviews!
Posted on 10-28-2014, Filed Under: News Digest, Bridge
Review Recaps: Money, Goblins Drool, Fairies Rule, Railroads
A quick recap of some recent card game reviews of note, including Reiner Knizia's Money, the cute and entertaining game Goblins Drool, Fairies Rule, and the Railroads card game.
Posted on 01-06-2014, Filed Under: Card Game Reviews
Best Card Games of 2013
Here's a look back at some of the most highly-regarded card games of 2013.
Posted on 12-27-2013, Filed Under: Game News
Twice-Weekly Cribbage Enthusiasm
In Rapid City, South Dakota, a group of Cribbage enthusiasts meet twice every week to play their favorite game.
Posted on 12-19-2013, Filed Under: Cribbage
A Really Big House of Cards
Check out this huge house of cards being built in Indiana, depicting the Louisville Skyline.
Posted on 12-12-2013, Filed Under: In The News, Playing Cards

The Latest Card Games

Mad Gab Card Game
It's not what you SAY, it's what you HEAR! Put your eyes and ears to the test as you decipher funny puzzles made up of pictures and words. First, figure out the word that each picture represents, then read the entire puzzle out loud-you might be reading something like BALL STUNK LAMP SHOUTER. Can you hear what you're saying? Repeat the phrase a few more times and you're sure to guess Boston Clam Chowder. The first team to solve five puzzles wins the game. For 2 teams, ages 10 and up.
Added 01-02-2015
That's It! Just The Right Party Game
Quick! Name something you find in a toolbox. If you said hammer then you have hit the nail on the head with this fast playing word for word party game. Draw a topic card and then race to shout out answers until someone says the exact word written. Get the most right and Thats It! you win! Reinforces language and vocabulary development as well as creativity and imagination.
Added 12-13-2014
Cavemen: The Quest for Fire
Cavemen: The Quest for Fire is a card-drafting game in which players take the role of tribal leaders. The tribes compete for opportunities to hunt dinosaurs, recruit tribesmen, and discover new technologies, vying to be the first with enough knowledge and prestige to invent fire and usher in the age of modern humanity! Its theme and mechanisms are tightly interwoven, delivering a taut and coherent game experience that's highly competitive without direct antagonism.
Added 11-21-2014
Pinata
Pinata is a two-player card game in which players compete to collect the colored candy that is inside the pinata. Playing pieces that might otherwise be "cubes" are instead wooden markers with a bow-tie shape that mimics the shape of wrapped candies, coming in 5 different colors. When a player has collected enough candy of a given color, he earns the medal card for that color. The first player to earn 3 medal cards is the winner!
Added 11-04-2014
Plunder
Having buried and protected your ill-gotten booty, it's time to send your crew to search for the treasures of the other scurvy pirates. Collect clues as you piece together the maps. Figure out the correct islands, disarm the booby-traps and dig at the right landmarks. Steal their treasures and be the first to take your Plunder! Plunder is a deduction card game in which everyone is a pirate captain with a buried treasure. The first player to a treasure takes the largest share, while those who reach it second or third receive less. Keeping your treasure from being stolen is also worth victory points in the end. Find and steal the most treasures first to win in the end!
Added 10-14-2014