50 will still cause the section 44 to be urged towards the base section so as to hold the stack of cards in place the clips and the board are constructed so that any required number of the clips can be releasably secured to the upper surface of the board so as to position one or more cards or a deck of cards at substantially any desired location and at any desired angular orientation the exact number of clips and their location and orientation on the board will depend on the particular card game being played for example if two persons are playing gin rummy it may be desirable to have two clips near the center of the board one for holding undealt cards which may be drawn one at a time by the players and the other for holding discards it may also be desired to have one clip adjacent each end of the board to receive the cards initially dealt to each player if bridge is being played there would normally be four players and it may be desirable to place a clip adjacent each side and edge of the board for the dealt cards and additional clips for receiving the cards being played the manner of attaching the clips to the board will now be described in general the lower surface 60 of the base section of each clip and the upper surface 14 of the game board are respectively provided with hook positions and loop portions.