The object of a trick-taking game is based on the play of multiple rounds, or tricks, in each of which each player plays a single card from their hand, and based on the values of played cards one player wins or 'takes' the trick. The distinction is that the gameplay of a card game chiefly depends on the use of the cards by players (the board is simply a guide for scorekeeping or for card placement), while board games (the principal non-card game genre to use cards) generally focus on the players' positions on the board, and use the cards for some secondary purpose. Some games that are placed in the card game genre involve a board. Many games that are not generally placed in the family of card games do in fact use cards for some aspect of their gameplay. For this reason card games are often characterized as games of chance or 'imperfect information'-as distinct from games of strategy or perfect information, where the current position is fully visible to all players throughout the game.

Games using playing cards exploit the fact that cards are individually identifiable from one side only, so that each player knows only the cards they hold and not those held by anyone else. In some cases several decks are shuffled together to form a single pack or shoe. The composition of a deck is known to each player. The faces of the cards may all be unique, or there can be duplicates. Normally the backs of the cards are indistinguishable. Each card has two sides, the face and the back. A small number of card games played with traditional decks have formally standardized rules with international tournaments being held, but most are folk games whose rules vary by region, culture, and person.ДЄ card game is played with a deck or pack of playing cards which are identical in size and shape. The Card Players, 17th-century painting by Theodoor RomboutsДЄ card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific.Д¬ountless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker).

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