A card game for three players. Enjoy mind games and psychological battles!
Playing cards are a familiar toy that many of us have been used to since childhood.
However, when it’s time to play, you might find yourself thinking, “We always play the same games—I’d like to try something new!”
In this article, I’ll introduce a variety of card games.
This time, I’ve especially gathered games that can be played with three people, so if any of them sound fun, give them a try with your friends or family!
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A card game for three players. Enjoy mind games and psychological battles! (1–10)
without 7
Many people are familiar with Old Maid, a classic card game.
A very similar game is called “Seven-Out.” For this game, you use 49 cards: the full deck plus a joker, but with the sevens of hearts, spades, and clubs removed.
In other words, the seven of diamonds takes the place of the joker.
However, the major difference from Old Maid is that the person who still has the seven at the end actually wins.
It’s a nice alternative to try when you’ve grown tired of Old Maid.
Hearts
Hearts is a three-player card game where psychological battles run hot.
The key to victory is minimizing negative points.
Hand management is crucial, and players rack their brains over how to avoid the Queen of Spades.
Its charm lies in being simple to learn yet deeply strategic.
It’s perfect for spending a holiday afternoon with close friends or family, since both adults and children can enjoy it together.
Savor the essence of mind games with this easy-to-learn, profound game.
Try it with friends or family, and you’re sure to discover something new.
Trump 10
“Trump 10” is a party-style game everyone can enjoy.
You use the Joker plus the cards from Ace through 10, which are dealt to the players as their hands.
Players discard cards in pairs that add up to 10—for example, 8 and 2, or 7 and 3.
After that, the game proceeds like Old Maid, and the person left holding the Joker at the end can’t go out and therefore loses.
Because you’re adding numbers to discard, it requires a bit more thinking than regular Old Maid.
Card games for three players. Enjoy battles of wits and psychological warfare! (11–20)
money
There’s a little-known game called “Money.” First, shuffle 51 cards, deal hands to each player, and place the remainder as a draw pile.
Next, play rock-paper-scissors, and starting with the winner, players draw from the pile in order.
Then, everyone pays the amount shown on the drawn card.
Repeat this, and the player who collects the most money wins.
In fact, there are a few additional rules: if you run out of money you lose, and in some cases debt is counted as a negative amount.
bank
Let me introduce “Bank,” a game with a large element of luck.
This game uses 52 cards, excluding the jokers.
First, designate one player as the banker and the remaining players as depositors.
You can also refer to them simply as the bank and the depositors.
Deal the cards so that the bank has half and the depositors collectively have the other half.
Next, the player who is the bank places seven cards face up on the table.
Then the bank chooses one card as their contest card.
In response, the depositors each choose a contest card, and if a depositor’s card beats the bank’s, they get to take the card.
war
Do you know the card game “War”? The great thing about this game is how simple it is—anyone can enjoy it.
All you need is a standard deck of 52 cards, and the rules are easy.
You just play cards and compare their ranks, so you can start right away.
But there’s surprising depth in that simplicity.
Don’t you feel a little thrill at the moment players reveal their cards at the same time? There’s a psychological element that makes it really exciting! If you play with friends or family, you’re sure to have a great time—and it can even bring you closer together.
Give it a try!
nervous breakdown
How about trying a lively three-player game of Concentration? Once you lay the cards face down and spread them out, the battle of wits begins to find matching pairs of the same number.
The key is remembering where the flipped cards are.
But sometimes you forget and go, “Huh?”—and that’s part of the fun.
Play with friends or family, and it’s sure to get exciting! The player who collects the most pairs at the end wins.
Why not take on the memory challenge yourself?