"Mille (card game) Mille is a two-player card game requiring two standard 52-card decks. Mille is a rummy game similar to canasta in the respects that if a player picks up cards from the discard pile, the player picks up the entire pile, and the only legal melds are three or more cards of a same rank. The two-player rummy game Mille is said to have been devised in Montreal, Québec and from there brought to Toronto in the 1990s. It has since become increasingly popular. The dealer deals 15 cards to his opponent and himself, then turns over a"
"Mus (card game) Mus is a card game widely played in Spain and France, and to a lesser extent in Hispanic America. Most probably originated in the Basque Country, it is a vying game. The first reference about this game goes back to 1745, when Manuel Larramendi, philologist and Jesuit Basque, quoted it the trilingual dictionary (Basque-Spanish-Latin). In Spain it is the most played card game, spawning several Mus clubs or """"peñas"""" and becoming a staple game among college students. It is not uncommon to hear the Basque terms, such as """"órdago"""" (from Basque """"hor dago"""", ""there it is"") used"
"Chinchón (card game) Chinchón is a matching card game played in Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, Cape Verde and other places. It is a close variant of Gin rummy, with which it shares the same objective: making sets, groups or runs, of matching cards. The name is spelled Txintxon in Basque and in Cape Verdean Creole (the latter also features the alternate spellings ""txin-txon"", ""tchintchom"" or ""tchintchon""). In Uruguay, the game is called Conga or La Conga. The game of Chinchón is played with a Spanish 40 or 48-card pack. The rules of the game are very similar to those of Gin"
"Santos and Alberto Serrato in Montevideo, Uruguay, along with Dicy Louise Evans of Bonnyman, Kentucky, in 1939. In the 1940s the game quickly spread in myriad variations to Chile, Peru, Brazil and Argentina, where its rules were further refined before being introduced to the United States in 1948, where it was then referred to as the Argentine Rummy game by Ottilie H. Reilly in 1949 and Michael Scully of ""Coronet"" magazine in 1953. The game quickly became a card-craze boom in the 1950s providing a sales avalanche of card sets, card trays and books about the subject. The classic game"
"Monte Bank Monte Bank, Mountebank, Spanish Monte and Mexican Monte, sometimes just Monte, is a Spanish gambling card game and was known in the 19th century as the national card game of Mexico. It ultimately derives from basset, where the banker (dealer) pays on matching cards. The term ""monte"" has also been used for a variety of other gambling games, especially varieties of three-card poker, and for the swindle three-card monte. The two-card version Mexican monte, and the four-card version Spanish monte, are card games played in Spain before coming to Mexico and then the American Southwest. They were originally"
"in order to make them overconfident and thus catch subsequent signals. In Spain, some arrangements have particular names: Some of the content of this article is translated from the equivalent . Mus (card game) Mus is a card game widely played in Spain and France, and to a lesser extent in Hispanic America. Most probably originated in the Basque Country, it is a vying game. The first reference about this game goes back to 1745, when Manuel Larramendi, philologist and Jesuit Basque, quoted it the trilingual dictionary (Basque-Spanish-Latin). In Spain it is the most played card game, spawning several Mus"
"were YMCA, Hindú and Independiente. By 1912 the first basketball games were held by YMCA headquarters in Buenos Aires. In 1913 the first games between Argentine and Uruguayan YCMA are played. One year later, the YCMA organised the first internal championship. In 1919 the Uruguay national team played a game v. local team Nacional, in Buenos Aires. In 1921 the ""Argentine Basketball Federation"" (original name: ""Federación Argentina de Basket-Ball"" – FABB) was established to organise competitions not only in Buenos Aires but in several cities around Argentina, such as Bahía Blanca and Córdoba where basketball would develop significantly in successive"
"eighth card, to which he places the least convenient card in his hand, next to the face-down deck, thus starting the game with a single card already for selection, which is commonly a 12. Chinchón (card game) Chinchón is a matching card game played in Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, Cape Verde and other places. It is a close variant of Gin rummy, with which it shares the same objective: making sets, groups or runs, of matching cards. The name is spelled Txintxon in Basque and in Cape Verdean Creole (the latter also features the alternate spellings ""txin-txon"", ""tchintchom"" or ""tchintchon""). In"
"remain in the deck. If at any time the bank is emptied, bank and deal pass to the left. In casino play, the house retains the bank. Monte Bank Monte Bank, Mountebank, Spanish Monte and Mexican Monte, sometimes just Monte, is a Spanish gambling card game and was known in the 19th century as the national card game of Mexico. It ultimately derives from basset, where the banker (dealer) pays on matching cards. The term ""monte"" has also been used for a variety of other gambling games, especially varieties of three-card poker, and for the swindle three-card monte. The two-card"
"Alcarria"" by Camilo José Cela). Playing cards, originally of Chinese origin, were adopted in Mamluk Egypt by the 14th century if not earlier, and from there spread to the Iberian peninsula in the latter half of the 14th century. The Spanish word ""naipes"" is loaned from ""nā'ib"", ranks of face cards found in the Mamluk deck. The earliest record of ""naip"" comes from a Catalan rhyming dictionary by Jaume March II in 1371, but without any context or definition. By 1380, ""naipero"" (card-maker) was a recognized profession. In December 1382, card games were banned from being played in Barcelona's corn"
"in France"" Vol. II, Tinsley Brothers, London, ; online at Project Gutenberg Basset (card game) Basset (French ""bassette"", from the Italian ""bassetta""), also known as barbacole and hocca, is a gambling card game that was considered one of the most polite. It was intended for persons of the highest rank because of the great losses or gains that might be accrued by players. According to DELI (""Dizionario etimologico della lingua italiana""), the word ""Basetta"" is first recorded in the first half of the 15th century. The game Basset is described by a few authors as having been invented in 1593"
"of Spanish or Italian origin. Although Daines Barrington is of the opinion that it is of Spanish origin, a poem of Francesco Berni is the earliest known writing to mention the game; it affords proof that it was at least commonly played in Italy at the beginning of the 16th century. His work entitled ""Capitolo del Gioco della Primiera"", published in Rome in 1526, and believed to be the earliest extant work describing a card game, contains some particulars on primero. According to David Parlett, the game's card-point system is found in other Italian games but nowhere else. The game"
"name), circa 60 cm long in straight line and 110 cm by curved line. The basket (""xistera"" in Basque and ""chistera"" in French) was introduced by Gantchiqui Dithurbide from Saint-Pée, France in 1860, and its long version by Melchior Curuchage, from Buenos Aires in 1888. The players use it to catch the rubber ball and propel it back against the main court. The Basque Government claims it as ""the fastest game on Earth"", the record being 302 km/h or 187.65 mi/h (José Ramón Areitio at the Newport Jai Alai, Rhode Island, USA on 3 August 1979). This version of the"
"Julepe Julepe (), (, also the variety ""Xulepe"" and ""Gilen"".), is a gambling card game of Spanish origin, similar to the English five-card Loo, and best for six players. It spread rapidly across the Spanish-American countries during the 19th century. Julepe is a variant of Tute and one of the many games of the tute family, and the game is played according to the same rules of tute. It is noted that the original Julepe, in which game three cards are dealt to each player, is the card game presently known as Tomate. Five cards are dealt to each player"
"Julepe Julepe (), (, also the variety ""Xulepe"" and ""Gilen"".), is a gambling card game of Spanish origin, similar to the English five-card Loo, and best for six players. It spread rapidly across the Spanish-American countries during the 19th century. Julepe is a variant of Tute and one of the many games of the tute family, and the game is played according to the same rules of tute. It is noted that the original Julepe, in which game three cards are dealt to each player, is the card game presently known as Tomate. Five cards are dealt to each player"
"Buraco Buraco is a Rummy-type card game in the Canasta family for four players in fixed partnerships in which the aim is to lay down combinations in groups of cards of equal rank and suit sequences, there being a bonus for combinations of seven cards or more. Buraco is a variation of Canasta which allows both standard melds (groups of cards of the same value) as well as sequences (cards in numerical order in the same suit). It originated from Uruguay and Argentina in the mid-1940s, with apparent characteristics of simplicity and implications that are often unforeseeable and absolutely involving."
"Tute Tute () is a trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family for two to four players. Originating in Italy, where it was known as ""Tutti"", during the 19th century the game spread in Spain, becoming one of the most popular card games in the country. The name of the game was later modified by Spanish speakers, who started calling the game ""Tute"". The game is played with a deck of traditional Spanish playing cards, or """", that is very similar to the Italian 40-card deck. The classic version of the game is Two-player Tute, while the most played is"
"Championship held in Indianapolis. The practice of basketball in Argentina was started by ""Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes (Young Men's Christians Association – YCMA)"" in 1912. Canadian Professor Paul Phillip was in charge to teach basketball at the YMCA headquarters in Paseo Colón Avenue, Buenos Aires. The first basketball clubs in Argentina were YMCA, Hindú and Independiente. By 1912 the first basketball games were held by YMCA headquarters in Buenos Aires. In 1913 the first games between Argentine and Uruguayan YCMA are played. One year later, the YCMA organised the first internal championship. In 1919 the Uruguay national team played a"
"Basset (card game) Basset (French ""bassette"", from the Italian ""bassetta""), also known as barbacole and hocca, is a gambling card game that was considered one of the most polite. It was intended for persons of the highest rank because of the great losses or gains that might be accrued by players. According to DELI (""Dizionario etimologico della lingua italiana""), the word ""Basetta"" is first recorded in the first half of the 15th century. The game Basset is described by a few authors as having been invented in 1593 by a noble Venetian named Pietro Cellini, who was punished with exile"
"differing in the number of cards, rules for declarations, and other minor modifications of the traditional rules. Tute Tute () is a trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family for two to four players. Originating in Italy, where it was known as ""Tutti"", during the 19th century the game spread in Spain, becoming one of the most popular card games in the country. The name of the game was later modified by Spanish speakers, who started calling the game ""Tute"". The game is played with a deck of traditional Spanish playing cards, or """", that is very similar to the"
"Spanish playing cards Cartas or naipes (""cards""), also known as ""Baraja española"" (""Spanish deck""), are the playing cards associated with Spain. They have four suits and a deck is usually made up of 40 or 48 cards. It is categorized as a Latin-suited deck and has strong similarities with the Italian-suited deck and less to the French deck. Spanish-suited cards are used in Spain, southern Italy, parts of France, Hispanic America, North Africa, and the Philippines. Culturally, the Baraja has appeared in Spanish and Latin American literature (e.g., Gabriel García Márquez's ""One Hundred Years of Solitude"" and ""Viaje a la"
"Four Fronts Four Fronts (Cuatro Frentes in Spanish) is a board game created by Uruguayan Gabriel Baldi Lemonnier. It was created in 2012, by the Uruguayan professor Gabriel Baldi Lemonnier, who invented and patented it as «Ajedrez Uruguayo» (Uruguayan Chess). It is a variant of chess, for two, three or four opponents who play in pairs or individually. Although they play in pairs, peers can not speak. It involves moving the pieces through the checkered gameboard of black or white, with the intention of capturing. To the standard board of eight by eight frames, four sections were added to the"
"to Spanish cards such as giving the kings beards, adding faces to the coins, dagger-like swords, and red cups. Figures wear fantastic pseudo-medieval costumes. Decks come in packs of 40 or 50 cards. The Mexican pattern was derived from the Castilian in 1923 by Clemente Jacques. The knights wear wide brim hats but its most notable feature is the conversion of all the knaves to females. They come in decks of 40 cards but 50 card decks were once produced. The Spanish National pattern, also known as the Old Catalan pattern, emerged in the 17th century from Barcelona and was"
"nations with six gold medals. Frontenis is a variation of the Basque pelota game, itself a derivation of real tennis. It was created in 1916 in Mexico, when the idea of merging tennis and the traditional Basque pilota emerged. It is played in one of the largest courts in racquet sports with a tennis racquet that contains an optional custom double string called ""doble encordado"" and a tiny frontenis ball. The Pre-Columbian people of Mesoamerica have played the Mesoamerican ball game for over 3,000 years. Archaeologists found the oldest ballcourt yet discovered – dated to approximately 1400 BC – at"
"won. In 1858 Basket-pelota was introduced from French Basque country, Txikito de Eibar developed the game to the point that was introduced as a new modality on Madrid fronton. Sarasqueta successfully dominated all the categories of the game during his professional years. In 1884 Sarasqueta traveled to Buenos Aires where he faced Paysandú, a local popular player, winning the game with 80 points on the modalities of square bat and ""traer y traer"" (in this modality a player could pick the kind of ball he wanted to use). Paysanyú used a hard and highly rebound ball, that combined with his"
"of Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Argentina and Brazil. The sport began to spread across South America, and its popularity ensured that a governing body was formed under the name of FIFUSA (Federación Internacional de Fútbol de Salón) in 1971, comprising Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal and Uruguay, along with the World Championships. The first FIFUSA World Championships were held in São Paulo, with hosts Brazil crowned champions ahead of Paraguay and Uruguay. Even more countries participated in the second World Championships held in Madrid in 1985. Due to a dispute between FIFA and FIFUSA over the name of ""fútbol"", FIFUSA"
"respective formations. The pieces are 12 per player: the king, the queen, the bishop, the knight, rook and the pawn, incorporating as a novelty the prince (piece that combines movement the bishop and the tower). The pieces are colored in white, black, yellow and red. Four Fronts Four Fronts (Cuatro Frentes in Spanish) is a board game created by Uruguayan Gabriel Baldi Lemonnier. It was created in 2012, by the Uruguayan professor Gabriel Baldi Lemonnier, who invented and patented it as «Ajedrez Uruguayo» (Uruguayan Chess). It is a variant of chess, for two, three or four opponents who play in"
"played with Spanish playing cards and later with cards made expressly for the game, known as Monte cards, as well as modified standard decks. These games became popular in the United States, specially in Texas, after they were brought back by returning troops from the Mexican–American War in 1848. They remained popular through the end of the century particularly in the American West, and even among the American Indians. Monte uses a deck of 40 playing cards (removing the 10s, 9s, and 8s from a standard 52-card deck). One or more people may play against the house, known as the"
"Uno (card game) Uno (; from Italian and Spanish for 'one'; stylized as UNO) is an American shedding-type card game that is played with a specially printed deck. The game's general principles put it into the Crazy Eights family of card games. The game was originally developed in 1971 by Merle Robbins in Reading, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. It has been a Mattel brand since 1992. When his family and friends began to play more and more, he spent $8,000 to have 5,000 copies of the game made. He sold it from his barbershop at first, and local businesses"
"15 points for Aces. Conquian Conquian is a rummy-style card game. David Parlett describes it as an ancestor to all modern rummy games, and a kind of proto-gin rummy. Some believe the game originated in Spain hundreds of years ago, and was then brought to Mexico. Others believe the game originated in Mexico in the mid-1800s. It was first described as ""Coon Can"" in 1887 and then in detail in R. F. Foster's Hoyle in 1897. Parlett notes that the 1920s American card-game writer Robert F. Foster ""traces Conquian back to the early 1860s"". The name is thought to either"
"Sebastian ""El Loco"" Abreu, became an iconic figure in Uruguay, after chipping a goal during the penalty shootout, against Ghana during the 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals. Basketball has risen as a competitive alternative to football and rugby, and the Uruguayan Basketball Federation boasts a proud early history. The Uruguay national basketball team was placed 6th in the first Olympic Games (Berlin in 1936), 5th in London in 1948, 3rd in Helsinki in 1952, 3rd in Melbourne in 1956, 8th in Rome in 1960, and 8th in Tokyo in 1964. After this successful run, the team did not qualify as"
"resemblance to their ancestor. Standard patterns are card designs in the public domain that have been printed by multiple publishers in the past or present. These are regional patterns that are still in use today. Decks with 50 cards have two jokers. The Castilian pattern is the most widespread pattern in Spain. It was designed and published by Heraclio Fournier in 1889 and by the early 20th century had displaced the older patterns in Spain. Despite being called Castilian, the cards were first produced in Fournier's headquarters in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque Country. Fournier made some noticeable innovations"
"game v. local team Nacional, in Buenos Aires. In 1921 the ""Argentine Basketball Federation"" (original name: ""Federación Argentina de Basket-Ball"" – FABB) was established to organise competitions not only in Buenos Aires but in several cities around Argentina, such as Bahía Blanca and Córdoba where basketball would develop significantly in successive years. Argentina played its first international game (representing the FABB) against Uruguay in 1921. The players chosen to play that match were: S.G. Romero, J.C. Rodríguez Quiroga (captain), A. Birba, M. Hernandorena, J. Barbier. The first ""big"" of Argentine basketball was Hindú, winning 5 consecutive titles (1922–26). In 1926"