Trick-Taking Games Worth Checking Out

Nov 2
16:31

2010

Jan Kaas

Jan Kaas

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Trick-taking games are widely available online in numerous forms and variants. Hartenjagen, which is best known by its American version as Hearts, is just one of the many card games you can play on the Internet.

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Most of the popular card games from the trick-taking family have been converted for online play. Also,Trick-Taking Games Worth Checking Out Articles many others are available offline and can be played directly on a computer. Offline games can be played by downloading and installing a free casino application on your computer which creates a graphic environment that emulates the real casino experience. It's easy to find one of these apps: all you need to do is search for one with your favorite search engine.

On the other hand, for online play you will need besides a computer a stable Internet connection and a decent web browser. There are many websites that allow you to play card games for free, all of which can be easily accessed after a few web searches. Also, most social media websites and messaging clients have a dedicated game section which makes available many popular card games such as Hartenjagen, Oh Hell, and Belote. Usually you can play these games all by yourself but sometimes you might even be able to invite a couple of friends to play with you.

Now if you happen to be a fan of trick-taking card games who already found a website that allows him to play for free, then you might want to try some new card games to play besides Hartenjagen. If you don't know where to begin then take a look at the following list to discover some card games from the trick-taking family worth checking out.   

  • Whist in which you score points based on the tricks or rounds you win
  • Klaverjas which is worth trying if you are already familiar with online Hartenjagen
  • Belote which is related to Klaverjas
  • Black Lady which is the British variant of Hearts
  • Bridge which is related to Whist and played by two partnerships of two players
  • Clabber which has many things in common with Klaverjas
  • Euchre which is a card game that originated in North America and which is played with the highest thirty-two cards in the Anglo-American deck
  • French tarot and the rest from the tarot card games family
  • Gong Zhu a card game from China
  • Also worth checking: Kaiser, Napoleon, Oh Hell, Pinochle, Piquet, Rowboat, Schafkopf, Skat, Spades, Trump, and Wizard.

If you are familiar with online Hartenjagen then you are bound to enjoy the rest of the popular trick-taking card games out there, many of which are listed above.