20 Fun Card Games You Can Play on the Lake (2024)

Here are 20 easy card games that you can learn quickly and play with friends and family:

20 Fun Card Games You Can Play on the Lake

1. Go Fish: A classic game where players ask each other for cards of a specific rank in order to make books (four of a kind).
    

   Go Fish card game
2. Crazy Eights: A shedding game where players try to get rid of all their cards by matching the rank or suit of the card on the discard pile.
    

   Crazy Eights card game
3. War: A simple game where players take turns flipping over their top card, and the player with the higher card wins the pile.
    

   War card game
4. Rummy: A game where players try to form sets (three or four of a kind of the same rank) or runs (consecutive cards of the same suit) and then meld them by laying them face up on the table.
    

   Rummy card game
5. Gin Rummy: A two-player version of Rummy where players try to meld all of their cards before their opponent does.
    

   Gin Rummy card game
6. Spittoon: A fast-paced shedding game where players try to get rid of all their cards by playing them onto a face-up discard pile in the center of the table.
    

   Spittoon card game
7. Old Maid: A game where players try to avoid being stuck with the Old Maid card at the end of the game.
    

   Old Maid card game
8. Slapjack: A quick and easy game where players take turns flipping cards from a deck, and the first player to slap the jack of spades wins the round.
    

   Slapjack card game
9. Egyptian Ratscrew: A fast-paced slapping game where players try to be the first to get rid of all of their cards.
   Egyptian Ratscrew card game
    
10. Hearts: A trick-taking game where players try to avoid taking hearts and the queen of spades.
     

    Hearts card game
11. Spades: A trick-taking game where players bid on how many tricks they think they can take, and then try to win that many tricks.
     

    Spades card game
12. Euchre: A trick-taking game where players form teams of two and try to win the most tricks.
     

    Euchre card game
13. Cribbage: A two-player game where players score points by playing cards that add up to certain combinations, and by scoring points from their crib (the undealt cards).
     

    Cribbage card game
14. Pitch: A trick-taking game where players bid on how many tricks they think they can take, and then try to win that many tricks.
     

    Pitch card game
15. Pinochle: A trick-taking game where players score points by taking tricks and by melding cards together.
     

    Pinochle card game
16. Bridge: A complex trick-taking game for four players where partners work together to win tricks and score points.
     

    Bridge card game
17. Poker: A game where players try to make the best five-card hand using the seven cards they are dealt and the five community cards that are revealed in the center of the table.
     

    Poker card game
18. Blackjack: A game where players try to get their cards to add up to 21 or as close to 21 as possible without going over.
     

    Blackjack card game
19. Baccarat: A simple game where players bet on whether the player’s hand or the banker’s hand will be closer to 9.
     

    Baccarat card game
20. Pai Gow: A Chinese domino game where players try to form two hands that are higher than the dealer’s hands.
    Pai Gow card game
     
     

These are just a few of the many easy card games that you can enjoy. So next time you’re looking for a fun and easy way to spend some time with friends and family, grab a deck of cards and give one of these games a try!  If you are going to play them on the lake, make sure it is not a windy day.