card game
A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific.
Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ...
in which there are no turns and all players may act simultaneously (that is, in real-time).
The card game
Set
Set, The Set, SET or SETS may refer to:
Science, technology, and mathematics Mathematics
*Set (mathematics), a collection of elements
*Category of sets, the category whose objects and morphisms are sets and total functions, respectively
Electro ...
has a real-time element; in Set, the players are racing to identify patterns in the cards on the table. The concept was also used by
James Ernest
James Ernest is an American game designer and juggler, best known as the owner and lead designer of Cheapass Games.
Career
Prior to founding Cheapass Games, Ernest worked as a juggler at various venues, including Camlann Medieval Village, and a ...
in his game
Falling
Falling or fallin' may refer to:
*Falling (physics), movement due to gravity
*Falling (accident)
*Falling (execution)
*Falling (sensation)
People
* Christine Falling (born 1963), American serial killer who murdered six children
Books
* ''Fall ...
Fightball
''Fightball'' is a real-time card game designed by James Ernest and Mike Selinker and published by Cheapass Games in 2002. ''Fightball'' is the third real-time card game published by Cheapass Games, following the success of ''Falling'' and '' ...
.
There are also real-time card games that use a standard deck of 52 playing cards. A large number of real-time card games are in the
Slapjack
Slapjack, also known as Slaps, is a card game of the matching family, generally played among children. It can often be a child's first introduction to playing cards.
The game is a cross between Beggar-My-Neighbour and Egyptian Ratscrew and is al ...
family: players take turns playing cards and then race to "slap" a jack or face card when it is turned up. In this family are Spit,
Egyptian Ratscrew
Egyptian Ratscrew (ERS) at pagat.com. Retrieved 21 October 2020. or Slap is a modern American
Nertz
Nerts (US), or Racing Demon (UK) is a fast-paced multiplayer card game involving multiple decks of playing cards. It is often described as a competitive form of Patience or Solitaire. In the game, players or teams race to get rid of the cards in th ...
.
Another group of real-time card games are related to
Spoons
Spoons may refer to:
* Spoon, a utensil commonly used with soup
* Spoons (card game), the card game of Donkey, but using spoons
Film and TV
* ''Spoons'' (TV series), a 2005 UK comedy sketch show
*Spoons, a minor character from ''The Sopranos''
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, in which players exchange cards asynchronously until one or more players have a certain hand; then the first player to perform a certain action wins. In this family are the 52-card game
Pig
The pig (''Sus domesticus''), often called swine, hog, or domestic pig when distinguishing from other members of the genus '' Sus'', is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is variously considered a subspecies of ''Sus ...
and
Parker Brothers
Parker Brothers (known by Parker outside of North America) was an American toy and game manufacturer which in 1991 became a brand of Hasbro. More than 1,800 games were published under the Parker Brothers name since 1883. Among its products wer ...
' Chicago Commodities Exchange-themed Pit.
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