Note: It’s recommended for the players to have a unique marking on the back facing of their cards. The game starts with each player shuffling an entire 52-card deck. Objective To get rid of a 13-card “Nerts” pile. The game comes to an end when one player collects all the cards. When a jack is played, the player that slaps the jack first keeps the whole pile of cards and adds the new cards to the bottom of their pile. Players take turns drawing cards from their stack and placing the cards face up at the center of the table.
Deal out the entire deck of cards to each player, such that each card is placed face down in a deck. Objective To win the most cards by becoming the first player to slap a jack when the card is played. So grab your playing cards as we unveil the 10 best 2-person card games to help you spend quality time with your near and dear ones. However, it’s not entirely impossible to find an exciting 2-player card game to play with your partner or friend. Most card games out there seem to have been invented with multiple players in mind. Finding a card game perfect for two people can be a bit of a challenge.
