[rsanheim]

I've played cards with friends in person using Trickster Cards (https://www.trickstercards.com) on our phones. It has a very nice, simple UX for friends to join your games and to set various options to lock out randos if you want to. The iOS app is free IIRC and the paid options are mostly if you want to play with others online in more ranked, league-type play.

I've found it nice for situations where everyone is in the same room and physical cards are possible, but one player may need to leave the room to monitor a dish that is slow-cooking or check on kids or work or whatever.

edit: the other time it came in really handy was in conditions adverse to cards (super windy, no table top, etc), but we all really wanted to get some hearts or euchre in :).