One table at a time.

House of the Card is a small independent publisher of classic card games — the ones people already know from real tables, made properly for phones. Not reinventions, and not casino skins with a card theme on top: the same games, with the fiddly parts done right and the noise left out.

Every game we ship has to pass one test, which is also the test the first one was built around:

Can a first-time 65-year-old finish a game unassisted — while it still feels fast and fresh to a 20-year-old?

That single sentence decides more than it sounds like it should. It is why body text never drops below 18 pt, why touch targets are oversized, why the card indices are bigger than on physical cards, and why a turn is signalled by motion, shape and position rather than by colour alone. Anything that needs attention waits for a safe screen instead of interrupting active play.

What we won’t build

• No required accounts. Sign-in is optional and only carries your record, Kaudis and inventory — you can still just type a name and play.
• No pay-to-win. Kaudis buy appearance and, on optional entry tables, a seat; they never buy XP, rank, cards, luck or a better shuffle.
• No expiring purchased currency, no paid random loot, no fake discounts.
• No real-money play, no cash-out, no pooled pot, and no casino presentation.
• No rating nags, and no notification you did not opt in to.
• Nothing purchasable that changes how a hand plays.

The games are ad-funded, and we would rather say so on the front page than bury it — how that works →

The name

The shelf

29 is first. The next title is chosen, but we will name it only when it is close enough to be real. The list is drawn from the games people actually grew up playing across South Asia — and it grows slowly, because a game done badly is worse than a game not done.

Say hello

Tell us which table you grew up at, or which game you want made properly: houseofthecardofficial@gmail.com.