The national card game in Portugal is Sueca. The most popular card games in Spain are Brisca and related Tute, Chinchón, and Escoba. Briscola and Tressette are trick-taking card games, while Scopa is a fishing-type card game.

Italy has three card games which qualify for the label national card game: Briscola, Scopa and Tressette. The most popular card games in France are Belote, its variation Belote Coinchée, and French Tarot. Rummy, Gin Rummy, or Stop The Bus) or by asking other players for a certain card (e.g. The exchange of cards can either happen by drawing a new card and discarding a card (e.g. Players exchange one or multiple cards in a move, either with other players or with a stock of cards. These games have multiple players which each have a hand of cards and try to collect certain cards or a certain combination of cards. When players raise stakes before showing their cards, these games are called vying games (e.g. When playing against the bank instead of against each other, these games are called banking games (e.g. Instead players are dealt cards at the beginning, and additional cards can be turned or dealt, extra cards could be drawn, or cards could be rearranged. These games typically don’t involve playing cards. the game Spades), while in point-trick games the rank of the cards in taken tricks determines who wins or loses (e.g. In plain-trick games, the objective evolves around the number of tricks won (e.g. Game-specific rules determine which cards are allowed to be played and which card wins a trick. Every round (or trick) each player plays one card. These games have multiple players which each have a hand of cards. The most well known example is Spite and Malice (also known as Cat and Mouse) but there are others like Crapette (Russian Bank) or Spit (Speed). These opponents could be playing a completely separate game of solitaire on their own (Simultaneous Solitaire) but more often players are allowed to play on each other's cards or there is a shared (part of the) layout. These games are based on the single player traditional solitaire games, but add a competitive element by playing with one or more opponents.

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