Editing Card game (section)

=== Capturing games ===
In these games the objective is to capture cards or to avoid capturing them. These break down into the following:<ref>[https://www.pagat.com/class/capture.html ''Capturing Games''] at [[pagat.com]]. Retrieved 30 December 2023.</ref>

* ''Most cards''. The aim is to capture as many cards as possible. Most plain trick games fall into this group.
* ''Fewest cards.'' Common in [[#Compendium games|compendium games]], otherwise rare. Often occurs as a contract within a game known as a [[Misère]], [[Bettel (cards)|Bettel]], Null or Nolo.
* ''Exact number of cards''. To win games of the [[#Exact bidding group|exact bidding group]] a player must take the exact number of tricks bid.
* ''Most points''. In point-trick games and most fishing games, the aim is to capture the most points in cards.
* ''Fewest points''. Some or all cards incur penalty points and so the aim is to  capture as few points as possible.
* ''Exact points''. A small group in which players aim to score a specific number of points e.g. [[Differenzler Jass]].
* ''Most or fewest points''. In some [[Jass]] games e.g. [[Molotov (card game)|Molotov]], the aim is to secure either the most or fewest points, leaving the player in the middle as the loser.
* ''Win last trick''. In games like [[Tuppen (card game)|Tuppen]], the player who takes the last trick wins; all earlier tricks are irrelevant. Some games also have a bonus or extra points for winning the last trick or winning it with a specific card.
* ''Lose last trick''. In a few games, e.g. [[Krypkille]], the aim is to lose the last trick.
* ''Mixed objectives''. Some games, e.g. [[Kaiser (card game)|Kaiser]], have both positive and negative point cards.