Forty-Five Tournament highlights a classic Taunton card gameWicked LocalExplanations about the origins of the game abound, with some saying it's an offshoot of an Irish and Scottish game, that came here by means of immigrants from Nova Scotia, while a few say it's a variation of a Portuguese card game.

Blue Springs teen makes nationals in trading card gameBlue Springs ExaminerPokémon Trading Card Game State Championship in Lenexa, Kan., on March 17. Welch finished second, earning championship points that count toward playing in premier events later in the year. By Jeff Martin – jeff.martin@examiner.net For those not …

Basque Mus: More Than A Card GameBoise State Public RadioIt's a Basque card game, think poker meets chess. The winner will go on to compete in a national tournament in Chino, California in late April. Xanti Alcelay is the tournament coordinator. He also plays mus. Alcelay knows what it takes to play mus.

Bernanke Bankrolls a Rich-Kid's Card GameTheStreet.comPerhaps this story isn't apropos of economics (a card game must have losers, but economic cooperation may benefit all participants, even though some must fail). But, for me, this story serves as an allegory for central banking and its unintended …

Kangwon Land probed over card-game fixingThe Korea HeraldPolice are currently investigating Kangwon Land, the country's only casino open to Korean citizens, over allegations that some of its workers were running a scheme to fix card games. Police officers of Jeongseon in Gangwon Province on Friday have …Two Kangwon Land workers face arrest for gambling fraud

Wired (blog) CPU Wars Is a Nostalgia Trip Wrapped in a Card GameWired (blog)Built as a card game similar to the classic game of War or other 'trump' card games, and funded through Kickstarter, CPU Wars has you pitting the specs of various processors against each other to beat your opponent. Each card is broken [...]