The short version
House of the Card is an independent publisher of classic card games, made properly for phones. Its first title is 29, the South Asian partnership trick-taking game, built so that a first-time 65-year-old can finish a game unassisted. No accounts, no coins, no shop, no popups.
Names and spellings
- Publisher
- House of the Card — three words, “the” lower case mid-sentence. Not “House of Cards”.
- Website
- houseofthecard.com
- First game
- 29 — written as digits. Working subtitle: Morning Table.
- Application ID
- com.houseofthecard.twentynine
- Platforms
- iOS and Android. Portrait only.
- Languages
- English, हिन्दी, বাংলা, नेपाली
- Price
- Free, ad-funded. One-time purchases remove ads or add cosmetic packs.
- Status
- Not yet released. No store listing is live.
The marks
Two cards leaning together at 22°, one showing its woven back and one its face, with a clay dot at the door. Please do not straighten the lean, recolour the cards in the team colours, or place the two-tone mark on a dark ground — use the outline version there.
the Card
Need vector files? Ask and we will send SVGs — every mark on this site is drawn as SVG, so what you see is the source.
29, in one paragraph
The South Asian partnership trick-taking game. 32 cards, a bid of 16 to 28, a hidden trump, and a marriage worth four. First team to +6 wins; −6 loses.
The deck as the app draws it — faces stay light in both themes, and the back never flips.
Please don’t write
- “Casino”, “betting” or “real money” — none of these apply, and store policy treats them very differently.
- “Free-to-play” in the sense of energy timers or currency. There is none.
- That an account or sign-in is needed. There is no account system at all.