Other Games for Round the Table

Hit, stand, double or split against the dealer, with play chips and no real gambling.

Melds of seven, wild cards, frozen discard piles and the deep partnership scoring that made Canasta a household game.

American, International, Russian, Brazilian, Pool, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Canadian, Turkish and Anti-Checkers, at Easy, Medium or Hard.

A free browser clock that makes draughts, dominoes and Scrabble move a great deal faster.

Craps, Crapless, New York, High Point, Simplified, Die Rich, Street Craps and Hazard - free chips, no real gambling.

Match the ends, count the suits, and work out which numbers the board can still accept.

Every card face up, four free cells, and a deal that is almost always winnable if you plan it.

The tight two-player Rummy where deadwood management decides every hand.

The trick-taking game where winning tricks is usually the last thing you want.

The tile-matching game built on scanning a crowded field for the pair that unlocks the rest.

Learn the maze, learn the four ghosts, and find out how far pattern beats reflex.

Logic grids, sliding tiles, matching boards and number puzzles - the natural next stop when you want a break from falling blocks but not from thinking.

A minute to learn, and an endgame decided by mobility and parity rather than material.

Draw, meld, discard - and read what everyone else is collecting from the pile.

The card game you play while thinking about something else - in a dozen different forms.

Call your tricks, make your contract and punish the overbid - the partnership card game that rewards counting over luck.

Eleven ways to play the falling-block game, from a calm endless mode to 20G instant gravity.

Three in a row, plus the larger grids and inverted rules where it stops being trivial.

The dice-and-scorecard classic, where the upper-section bonus quietly decides most games.