Easy and Fun Card Games to Play Alone or with Friends

Card games are a great way to have fun. You can play them alone or with friends. They are simple to learn but can still be exciting. Some games need strategy, while others are all about luck. Here are three fun card games you should try: Go Fish, Liar, and Clock Solitaire. They don’t need much setup, and anyone can play!

Go Fish

Go Fish is a very simple card game. It’s great for kids and adults. The goal is to collect four cards of the same number.

How to Set Up:

Use a deck of 52 cards.

Shuffle the cards.

Give each player five cards (or seven if only two people are playing).

Place the rest of the cards in the middle as a draw pile.

How to Play:

Players take turns asking another player for a certain number. Example: “Do you have any 7s?”

If the other player has that card, they must give it away. The asking player gets another turn.

If they don’t have the card, they say, “Go Fish!” The asking player then draws a card from the deck.

If a player collects four of the same card, they put them down as a “book.”

The game goes on until there are no cards left.

How to Win:

The player with the most books at the end wins.

If no more moves are possible, count the books to find the winner.

Go Fish is great because it helps with memory and is easy to play.

Liar (Also Called Bluff)

Liar is a game where you try to fool other players. If you like tricking people and catching others in a lie, this game is perfect! You need at least three players.

How to Set Up:

Use a deck of 52 cards.

Shuffle and deal all the cards evenly among players.

Keep your cards secret.

How to Play:

The first player puts down a card (or more) face-down and says what they are. Example: “Two Aces.”

The next player must play the next number in order (example: “Two Kings”).

If a player doesn’t have the right card, they can lie and put a different card down.

At any time, another player can call “Liar!” if they think the current player is lying.

If the player was lying, they must pick up all the cards.

If they were telling the truth, the accuser must pick up the pile instead.

The game continues until one player gets rid of all their cards.

How to Win:

The first player to run out of cards wins.

If you lie too much and get caught, you’ll have too many cards!

To make things more fun, you can give each player a limited number of times they can accuse someone. This adds more strategy!

Clock Solitaire

Clock Solitaire is a great game to play alone. It is easy to set up and is mostly about luck.

How to Set Up:

Use a deck of 52 cards.

Shuffle the cards.

Arrange 13 piles of four cards each in a circle, like a clock.

Put one extra pile in the center.

Keep all cards face-down except the top card of the center pile.

How to Play:

Take the face-up card and place it under the pile that matches its number (Ace = 1 o’clock, 2 = 2 o’clock, etc.).

Take the top card from that pile and repeat.

Keep going until all the cards are face-up, or you get stuck.

How to Win:

You win if you turn over all the cards.

You lose if you get stuck before finishing the game.

Clock Solitaire is a fun game of luck that you can play anytime.

Final Thoughts

These three games are simple and fun. Go Fish is great for families, Liar is fun with friends, and Clock Solitaire is perfect for playing alone.

All these games are easy to set up and don’t need much time. Whether you want to play with others or by yourself, these card games will keep you entertained. Check out this reddit for more: https://everyday-reading.com/easy-card-games/

Which one do you want to try first? Let me know what you think!