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Which are the most significant commercial card games?
Mikko Saari
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Which games belong to a list of most significant commercial card games? The criteria are fairly open: significance springs from massive sales, influential and innovative game mechanics and from being an important part of pop culture.

I've started the list with few games I think are obviously in, hopefully these will give you the idea of what I'm looking for. Please add more!
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Posted On: 2007-08-22 02:37:08
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1. UNO [Average Rating:5.23 Overall Rank:4695]
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Sure, Uno is just Crazy Eights, but it's certainly one of the biggest sellers when it comes to card games. Say "card game" to random people and quite a few will think of Uno.
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Posted On: 2007-08-22 02:27:56
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2. Pit [Average Rating:6.46 Overall Rank:679]
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The game's over hundred years old, still available and still fresh. If there's a pantheon of classic games, this one's definitely there.
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Posted On: 2007-08-22 02:28:46
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And in the newest version that I own the highest value commodity is Chocolate. Yes higher than gold, silver, or platinum.
3. Magic: The Gathering CCG [Average Rating:7.29 Overall Rank:129]
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What other commercial card game has given birth to a huge industry and caused a similar landslide of imitators? Surely this is one of the most influential card games ever.
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Posted On: 2007-08-22 02:29:41
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4. Mille Bornes [Average Rating:5.68 Overall Rank:3374]
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Not very interesting as a game, but quite interesting as the root and source of the "take that" kind of games.
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Posted On: 2007-08-22 02:30:16
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I played this quite a bit as a boy with my family.
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Which came first: Mille Bornes or Touring?
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Which came first: Mille Bornes or Touring?
check the games pages. Touring is a hundred years old.
5. Bohnanza [Average Rating:7.24 Overall Rank:130]
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Bohnanza is quite unlike most other card games and it has spawned a rather large array of expansions, so I'd say it just might earn a spot on the list.
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Posted On: 2007-08-22 02:33:12
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6. Happy Families [Average Rating:4.38 Unranked]
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At one time this was almost ubiquitous in families in Britain (and obviously had some traction in the Empire and latterly the Commonwealth).

It has spawned both books and a TV show (both independent of each other) based upon the game.
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Posted On: 2007-08-22 03:05:42
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I think it's also spawned a dish at most Chinese restaurants in America. :D
7. Munchkin [Average Rating:6.07 Overall Rank:1670]
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Many Geeks don't like it, but it's pretty popular and variations spring up like kudzu.

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Posted On: 2007-08-22 07:49:49
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