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Every game on SkillXGames, one page each: what it is, how to play, how it scores and what it trains. Read it, then press start.

Memory

Hold it in mind

Puzzle

Rearrange and resolve

Logic

Reason your way out

Quick Games

Sixty seconds of focus

Adventure

Real-life skills, played

Skillz

Pro skills, game speed

Social Media

Scroll smarter, post better

Social Engineering

Spot the con before it spots you

Money Moves

Own the board, learn the money

Absurd Bureaucracy

Stamp it, file it, survive it

IQMaxxing

Train the puzzle brain

Card Room

The classics, learned and played

  • Card Room sheet · 1 player · Medium

    How to play FreeCell

    The solitaire where every deal is open and almost every deal can be won. Pure planning, no luck.

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  • Card Room sheet · 1 player · Easy

    How to play Klondike Solitaire

    The solitaire everyone knows. Turn cards, build columns, and learn which moves really matter.

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  • Card Room sheet · 4 players · Medium

    How to play Hearts

    Four players, no partners, and one card nobody wants: the Queen of Spades. Score low to win.

    Read the sheet →
  • Card Room sheet · 2 players · Medium

    How to play Gin Rummy

    A two-player duel of sets and runs. Pick up, discard, and knock before your rival does.

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  • Card Room sheet · 4 players, 2 teams · Medium

    How to play Spades

    A team game of bids and tricks. Spades always win: bid exactly what you can take.

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  • Card Room sheet · 2 players · Medium

    How to play Backgammon

    Two dice, fifteen checkers and a race home. Luck rolls the dice; skill decides what you do with them.

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  • Card Room sheet · 4 players, 2 teams · Hard

    How to play Bridge

    The great partnership game: an auction to promise tricks, then thirteen tricks to keep the promise.

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  • Card Room sheet · 3 to 5 players (best at 4) · Hard

    How to play French Tarot

    France's favourite trick game: 78 cards, 21 trumps, the Excuse, and one player against the rest.

    Read the sheet →
  • Card Room sheet · 2 to 6 players · Easy

    How to play Happy Families

    The classic family-collecting game, with Zip and the gang: seven families of six, and a good memory wins.

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  • Card Room sheet · 4 players, 2 teams · Medium

    How to play Belote

    France's café classic: 32 cards, two teams, a trump suit where the Jack and the 9 rule.

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