I downloaded and installed C#.Net Express Edition. Easy enough.
On first opening the app, I see the Start page has several links for things that the average hobbyist user might want to do. There are links for games, Absolute Beginners links, and links for integrating your Baby Cam.
I clicked on the games link and it took me to coding4fun on MSDN. Note that this is not coding4fun.com.
I also went to the game links on upgradeyourgame.com. It pointed to a video game development page on MSDN. This has some cool topics on 2D and 3D games design with C#, but they are all in webcasts. I would rather read something than be led by the nose, so I don't access any of them. I can also access this matewrial in Coding4Fun, by going to the Game Development menu option on the left. These seem to be in text, so they are more helpful.
Since I am doing a pseudo-card game, maybe I should see if they have a card game Starter Kit. From the Start Page in C#.Net Express, I click on Use a Starter Kit in the Getting Started section on the left. This opens up the help file and goes to the section called How to Build a Visual C# Starter Kit. I don't want to build a Starter Kit, I want to see a list of Starter Kits!!
I click on Connect with the Community in the Getting Started section on the left. This takes me to the Visual C# Developer Center on MSDN. This is making progress. I see a Starter Kits menu option in the Downloads menu on the left. This takes me to the C# Starter Kits page. Cool, they do have a card game Starter Kit. I download and run the .VSI File. This installer has very little internal instruction and when it is done I don't know where it installed to. I haven't used .VSI files before, and I am not sure that they had them in VS 2003. I look on my hard drive and I don't see it. I look in Program Files, because that is where the ASP.Net Starter Kits that I have used in the past were installed. I run it again, and same result. Back in the Developer Center, I click on the link for How to Install a Starter Kit. It is a dead link and goes to a page that says "Location Not Found". This is starting to irritate me. After about 15 more minutes of research I find out that the Starter Kit is installed as a New Template option when I choose File->New Project in Visual C#.
I run the Card Game Starter Kit. Not a bad game. I can see several mechanical things that I get ideas from but I am not sure that I would use any of this code.