James Bond (card game)

James Bond is a matching card game, unrelated to the spy film franchise of the same name, in which players race to assemble piles of four matching cards faster than their opponents. The game is played with a standard fifty-two card French deck, needs no special equipment, and supports two to four players in sessions that typically last only five to ten minutes, making it a quick filler game rather than a lengthy strategic one. Its exact origin is not well documented, but available accounts describe it as being of fairly recent origin and note that it was played in California as of 2009, suggesting it spread informally as a family or classroom card game rather than through a commercial publisher. The game circulates under several alternate names in addition to James Bond, including Lemon, Atlantis and Chanhassen, and Wikipedia's own account does not identify a specific designer, publisher or precise release year for it, treating it instead as a folk card game passed on through play rather than in print.