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INTRODUCTION
Playing cards may have been invented during the Tang dynasty around the 9th century AD in China as a result of the usage of woodblock printing technology. The first possible reference to card games comes from a 9th-century text known as the Collection of Miscellanea at Duyang, written by Tang dynasty writer Su E. It describes Princess Tongchang, daughter of Emperor Yizong of Tang, playing the "leaf game" in 868 with members of the Wei clan, the family of the princess' husband.
It would be then understandable to agree that card games have been around for a very long time and making them probably one of the first forms of entertainment for an individual, two people, and more to pass time. The Ancient family past-time, or it eventually transitioned to that over time.
A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific.
Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker and blackjack).
A card game is played with a deck or pack of playing cards which are identical in size and shape. Each card has two sides, the face and the back. Normally the backs of the cards are the same for all. The faces of the cards may all be unique, or there can be duplicates. Card games exploit that cards are individually identifiable from one side only, so each player knows only the cards they hold and not those held by anyone else. For this reason card games are often characterized as games of chance or “imperfect information” — as distinct from games of strategy or “perfect information.” There are many card game types, variation of rules, game play, and some cross one or more categories depending on how they are played.
Many games that are not generally placed in the family of card games do in fact use cards for some aspect of their gameplay. Some games that are placed in the card game genre involve a board. The distinction is that the gameplay of a card game chiefly depends on the use of the cards by players (the board is simply a guide for scorekeeping or for card placement), while board games (the principal non-card game genre to use cards) generally focus on the players' positions on the board, and use the cards for a secondary purpose.