Design for Web: Card Game and Game websites

There aren't really many dedicated card games websites that teach you how to play card games in a simply to understand way. Here's some research into different types of card games sites, playing card merchants and rule sites.

Lumberjacks website hosts a shop for the bicycle card collection, It's up to date aesthetically, however it seems to targeting a rather young audience with it's stylish clothing and packaging. The flat design supports this. 

Pagat hosts a HUGE array of rules and notes concerning card games, It's a brillant place to go find place to find information on cards however Its rather outdated.

Card stories is another one of the card merchants and they appear to be targeting a much younger audience, this is apparent with the card cartoon characters. It's rather childish due to this.

Cards for Humanity's website is it's store front, It's rather sleek with it's gloss finishes and it appears to be targeting a more mid-20's to 30's with it's darker tone of voice and crude humour. It's a lovely site however.

The world of playing cards strikes a rather middle ground, It appears rather to be targeting older people yet it carries a really user friendly interface for older generations and is presented in a way that is reminiscent to the older sites such as Pagat.

Card game solitaires is a website that allows you to play solitaire, it's interface is rather obnoxious and I'm not to sure what type of audience it's appealing too. It looks a bit Web 2.0 however from it's amount of gloss it uses and gradients.

Classic games and puzzles is another one of the outdated looking websites like pagat that surely hasn't been updated in a long time, it's user friendly however.

Cardgamesplanet.com is a website again like the previous older looking ones, it's got the information but it's presented in a really poor manner. (well out of date) It's easy to use it just needs a overhaul.

Bicycle games pulls together both the old and new and combines them very well with their very traditional typefaces and packaging designs. They've hit a great middle ground.