| Canasta |
The
two-handed version of the popular
melding
game created in Uruguay around 1940, from where it spread rapidly
throughout the Americas and the rest of the world. Both the
Classic Canasta and the Modern American Canasta rules, with
variations, are fully supported. |
Recommended
for all fans of Rummy-style games. Easy to learn, and great fun
to play. |
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| Cribbage |
The
original two-handed version of Cribbage, which is reported to have been invented in the early 17th
Century. The Five, Six and Seven Card variants are
each fully supported with common rule and scoring variations,
including Cutthroat Cribbage ("Muggins"). |
Recommended
for fans of Cribbage,
or those who wish to learn it. Unlike many card games. the
emphasis in Cribbage is upon analysis and alertness with respect
to scoring points for card combinations, rather than
upon remembering which cards have been played. |
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| Euchre
& Écarté |
Two
games from the same family, both dating back to the 19th century.
Écarté
originated in France, while Euchre became popular in the
USA. Écarté
involves changing unwanted cards for fresh ones; Euchre
players negotiate the trump suit. |
Recommended
for fans of either Écarté and Euchre,
or those who wish to learn these games. The more
adventurous may create hybrid games by selecting elements from
the respective rule sets. |
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| German
Whist |
A
British (not German) adaptation of standard four-handed Whist
for two players. The easiest of the MeggieSoft Games to
learn and play. |
Recommended
for those who want an easy to learn but somewhat challenging
trick-taking game which develops and requires good card memory
skills. |
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| Gin Rummy |
A
classic game of laying down melded cards to "go out" first.
Gin differs from other forms of Rummy in that melds are only
displayed when one player can go out. |
Recommended
for those who are familiar with the game of Gin Rummy, or who
those wish to learn it as an alternative to Rummy 500. |
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| Pinochle
& Bezique |
Two
games of winning tricks and melding specific card combinations. Two-handed
Pinochle (or "Pinocle") is very similar to its
ancestor, Bezique, and
the full rules of each game are supported.
(The more common four-player Pinochle game evolved later in
the United States, and six-player Bezique was reportedly Winston
Churchill's favorite game.) |
Recommended
for those who enjoy Pinochle or Bezique, or who wish to learn
these games. (The two-player version of Pinochle has much in common with the popular
four-player variation.) |
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| Piquet |
A
highly respected and skillful game dating back to 16th century
France. Piquet involves exchanging cards, bidding points and
melds, and winning tricks. |
Recommended
for those who already know Piquet, or who wish to learn what is
widely regarded as the finest card game ever devised for two players. Perhaps more complicated to learn initially, but quite
straight-forward once grasped. |
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| Rummy 500 |
A
game of collecting cards and scoring from melds with the goal of
melding as much as possible before the other player empties
their hand. The
flagship of the MeggieSoft Games, having been first released in
1994. |
Recommended
for all lovers of Rummy games, and for newcomers to games
of melding. While easy to learn, it can be challenging to play well and
requires reasonably good card memory skills. |
