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Card Games for Twelve Players

This is a list of traditional card and tile games that are designed for or work well with twelve players. With such a large group, card games can become unwieldy as individual players may have to wait a long time for their turn and have only a small influence on the game. Games with simultaneous action can work, as can some games where the turn passes quickly or the players have an interest in the others' actions. Otherwise, players should consider splitting into smaller groups, each playing a separate game.

Each game is listed just once - for alternative names see the general alphabetical index. For each game the configuration of players and the type and number of cards or tiles is listed. There is an explanation of the symbols below the table.

GameQuantityConfiguration
Baccarat 6x52 banker
Candyman 52 alliance
Card Bingo 3x52 banker
Crazy Solo 36 alliance
Cuckoo 52 individual
Duplicate Bridge 52 partnership
Gnav 42 individual
Horse Race cards 52 banker
K'ap Tái Shap 8x32 individual
Pig 52, 52+J individual
Slabberjan 42 individual
Tiddly-Wink 55, 91 individual
Vatra 52, 52+J individual
Zhăo Péngyou 找朋友 4x52+2J alliance
40 banker

Explanation of symbols

Configuration

Design

This column indicates the type of cards or tiles needed. See the equipment section of the classified index for further details of the different designs.

Quantity

This column gives the number of cards in the deck, indicates where multiple decks are used, and the number of jokers. Where the game can be played with various sizes or numbers of decks, perhaps depending on the number of players, the possibilities are listed, separated by commas. For example, "2x32" means a double 32-card deck: 64 cards in all with two copies of each card. "52+2J" means a 52-card deck with two jokers. "32, 36" means the game can be played with 32 or 36 cards. "2x52+2J, 3x52+3J" means that the game can be played with two 52-card decks plus two jokers (106 cards) or three 52-card decks plus three 52-card decks plus three jokers (159 cards).

Possible for Twelve Players

Here is a list of other traditional card and tile games that can be played by twelve players. These are games that although possible for twelve, are not particularly recommended, since they work better with some other number of players.

GameQuantityConfiguration
Irish Snap 52 individual
Kalooki Caribbean 5x52+10J individual
Lansquenet 6x52 banker
Mao 3x52 individual
Ogórek Cucumber 2x52 individual
Scat 52 individual
Slapjack 52 individual
Vier-Anderle 54 individual
Žandari 52 partnership
Zecchinetta 40 banker
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