Euchre

Euchre or Eucre ( YU-kər) is a trick-taking card game played in Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, particularly in Michigan, Upstate New York and the Midwest. It is played with a deck of 24, 25, 28, or 32 standard playing cards. There are normally four players, two on each team, although there are variations for two to nine players. Euchre emerged in the United States in the early 19th century. There are several theories regarding its origin, but the most likely is that it is derived from an old Alsatian game called Jucker or Juckerspiel. Euchre was responsible for introducing the joker into the modern deck of cards; the joker first appeared in Euchre packs in the 1850s. Euchre has a large number of variants and has been described as "an excellent social game".