Editing Card game (section)

== Proprietary games ==
{{see also|Dedicated deck card game|List of dedicated deck card games}}

These are card games played with a dedicated deck. Many other card games have been designed and published on a commercial or amateur basis. In a few cases, the game uses the standard 52-card deck, but the object is unique. In [[Eleusis (game)|Eleusis]], for example, players play single cards, and are told whether the play was legal or illegal, in an attempt to discover the underlying rules made up by the dealer.

Most of these games however typically use a specially made deck of cards designed specifically for the game (or variations of it). The decks are thus usually proprietary, but may be created by the game's players. [[Uno (card game)|Uno]], [[Phase 10]], [[Set (game)|Set]], and [[1000 Blank White Cards]] are popular dedicated-deck card games; 1000 Blank White Cards is unique in that the cards for the game are designed by the players of the game while playing it; there is no commercially available deck advertised as such.

===Collectible card games (CCGs)===
{{see also|Collectible card game|List of collectible card games}}
Collectible card games (CCG) are proprietary playing card games. CCGs are games of strategy between two or more players. Each player has their own deck constructed from a very large pool of unique cards in the commercial market. The cards have different effects, costs, and art. New card sets are released periodically and sold as starter decks or [[booster pack]]s. Obtaining the different cards makes the game a collectible card game, and cards are sold or traded on the [[secondary market]]. ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', ''[[Pokémon Trading Card Game|Pokémon]]'', and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' are well-known collectible card games.

===Living card games (LCGs)===
{{see also|Living card game|Fantasy Flight Games}}
Living card games (LCGs) are similar to collectible card games (CCGs), with their most distinguishing feature being a fixed distribution method, which breaks away from the traditional collectible card game format. While new cards for CCGs are usually sold in the form of starter decks or [[booster pack]]s (the latter being often randomized), LCGs thrive on a model that requires players to acquire one core set in order to play the game, which players can further customize by acquiring extra sets or expansions featuring new content in the form of cards or scenarios. No randomization is involved in the process, thus players that get the same sets or expansions will get the exact same content. The term was popularized by [[Fantasy Flight Games]] (FFG) and mainly applies to its products, however some tabletop gaming companies can be seen using a very similar model.

===Simulation card games===
A deck of either customized dedicated cards or a standard deck of playing cards with assigned meanings is used to simulate the actions of another activity, for example card football.