Recommended card game. Easy! Fun! Adults get hooked too!
In this article, we introduce fun and quirky card games that everyone—from kids to adults—can enjoy!
Do you like card games?
Most of us have played the classics like playing cards and UNO at least once.
But what we’ve gathered this time aren’t those mega-classic games.
Instead, we’re featuring interesting card games with uniquely charming rules.
If you’re looking for card games that can be enjoyed regardless of age, be sure to check these out!
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Recommended card games. Easy to pick up! Fun! Addictive for adults too! (11–20)
6 nimmt!
Nimmt is a game you might not be familiar with, but it’s said to be a popular card game from Germany.
First, place four cards with cows and numbers on the table.
Then each participant is dealt a hand.
Everyone chooses a card from their hand, places it face down, and when all are ready, they reveal them simultaneously.
Starting from the smallest number, players place their cards into the row whose end card is closest in number.
Since each row can only hold up to five cards, the player who plays a sixth card in any row must take the five cards from that row.
Repeat this ten times, and the player with the most cards in their hand at the end loses.
It’s a bit like Sevens, isn’t it?
Nine Tiles
Each player has nine tiles and rearranges and flips them to match the layout shown on the challenge card.
The first person to complete it earns 1 point and takes the next challenge card; the player with the highest score wins.
You’ll need to use your head to remember what patterns are on the backs and to arrange them quickly.
The patterns are cute and have a stylish feel.
Dixit
Dixit is a card game from France, and it’s a game where imagination is key.
First, each player is dealt six cards.
Players take turns being the storyteller.
The storyteller chooses one card from their hand, places it face down without showing the picture, and says a clue about the card—something like “loneliness,” for example.
Hearing this, the other players each choose from their hand the card that best matches that clue and submit it face down.
The storyteller shuffles all submitted cards without looking at them and then reveals them.
The non-storytellers then try to guess which card was the storyteller’s.
Scoring works as follows: if everyone chooses the storyteller’s card, the storyteller gets 0 points; non-storytellers earn points if their own card is chosen by others, and so on.
Players compete for the highest score.
Unlike many games that test luck or logic, this one is interesting because it tests your imagination.
Monster Maker
This is the game Monster Maker, released in 1988, which became hugely popular and was adapted into comics and novels.
Players hold adventure cards in their hands, and if the total value of their characters exceeds that of the monsters that appear, they can defeat or remove them.
It’s a game where you power up your combat ability with treasure cards and other items, defeat monsters, and compete to see who can return from the dungeon the fastest.
Machi Koro
Machi Koro Match is a card game where you roll dice and build a town.
You collect cards like Wheat Field, Bakery, Convenience Store, and Forest.
It’s not enough just to collect the cards—you must pay the number of coins shown on each card to the bank to construct that card’s facility.
Once built, facilities provide effects such as increasing your income.
To win the game, you must be the first to construct all four facilities classified as Landmarks.
Prey of the Vulture
This is a card game called “Hagata no Ejiki” (Pick-a-Vulture) for 2 to 6 players.
Vulture cards numbered 1 to 10 and -1 to -5 appear in order, and players compete by playing cards from their hands to aim for the higher-value vulture cards.
The player who plays the highest number from their hand takes the vulture card.
The winner is determined by the total score of the vulture cards collected at the end.
Recommended card games. Easy to play! Fun! Addictive for adults too! (21–30)
Supersonic Diner
Let me introduce Sonicspeed Diner, a game where speed decides the winner.
This is a card game themed around Chinese cuisine.
Using ingredient cards, stack them onto the box placed in the center to complete the names of Chinese dishes.
There’s no turn order—anyone who can play a card plays it right away.
Keep a steady rhythm by saying the words on the cards as you lay them down to complete the dishes.
The first player to run out of cards wins.
It’s a game that can liven up even short breaks.
