Crucially, the best card games ... game. It’s the Uno you know and love but with more cards and even more brutal punishments – including being able to stack pick-up cards such as a +10.

If you ever thought the best card games were all rather similar, then guess again: Ascension is a deck-builder rather than a card battler. But what, you may ask, is a deck-building game?

We enjoyed playing with the eye-catching gem coins and cards, and we appreciated that this game was easily portable for game nights ... games on our list. We tested games that we thought best ...