"as these 52 cards, commercial packs often include between one and six jokers, most often two. Decks with less than 52 cards are known as stripped decks. The piquet pack has all values from 2 through 6 in each suit removed for a total of 32 cards. It is popular in France, the Low Countries, Central Europe and Russia and is used to play piquet, belote, bezique and skat. It is also used in the Sri Lankan, whist-based game known as ""omi"". Forty-card French suited packs are common in northwest Italy; these remove the 8s through 10s like Latin suited"
"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"
"have used two cards. The winner of that trick is determined by the normal rules of briscola. When played in couples, briškula uses regular rules, where all players are dealt three cards, and play one card per hand each. In Portugal, the ""briscola"" game is called bisca and it is played with a modern Anglo-French 52-card deck. The 8, 9 and 10 cards must be removed from this deck, though, in order to obtain the 40 cards needed to play. The Kings equal to the Italian-deck kings, the Jacks equal to the knights, and the Queens equal to the knaves"
"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"
"are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. The rest of cards have different values: Since the special card in the Spanish 40 cards suit is the ""caballo"" (""Horse"") while there is no ""Queen"" it is recommended to use the ""Queen"" for the ""caballo"" (""Horse"") if no Spanish card deck is available. Each player receives 3 cards. And other 4 cards go to the middle of the table, where all players can catch up. The player at the right of the one that shuffled the cards start the game. At the start of the game, there are four cards on"
"is obliged to win five tricks, otherwise he loses. He names trump and if between them five tricks can be won, Ombre wins, sharing between them two third of the pool for Ombre and one third for his partner. If they both make only three tricks the game is Remise, and Ombre is to lay down two thirds of the pool and his partner one. Ombre Ombre () is a fast-moving seventeenth-century trick-taking card game for three players. Its history began in Spain around the end of the 16th century as a four-person game. It is one of the earliest"
"by two or more players with Spanish playing cards or a 40-card pack of cards ranking A 2 3 4 5 6 7 J Q K, with the rest stacked face-down on the table. The aim is to be the first to get rid of the cards, including the last one drawn. The total number of cards shown must add up to nine. Each player is dealt nine cards and wins the game by melding a total of ten cards. They may be melded by pairing at least three of a kind or by a straight flush sequence (three to"
"lance to knock the other off his horse. It was a violent sport--King Henry II of France was killed in a tournament in 1559, as were many lesser men. King Henry VIII was a champion; he finally retired from the lists after a hard fall left him unconscious for hours. Other sports included archery, bowling, hammer-throwing, quarter-staff contests, troco, quoits, skittles, wrestling and mob football. Dice was a popular activity in all social classes. Cards appeared in Spain and Italy about 1370, but they probably came from Egypt. They began to spread throughout Europe and came into England around 1460."
"(10-12). Since the mid-20th century, they have usually been sold with two ""comodines"" (Jokers), for a total of 50 cards. Stripped decks have 40 cards and lack ranks 8, 9 and ""comodines"". The popularity of the stripped deck is due to game of Ombre, which became a craze throughout Europe during the 17th century. The Spanish suits closely resemble Italian-suited cards as both were derived from the Arab cards. The four suits are ""bastos"" (clubs), ""oros"" (literally ""golds"", that is, golden coins), ""copas"" (cups) and ""espadas"" (swords). Unlike the suits found in northern Italy, Spanish swords are straight and the"
"called ""Grande"". The two teams compete for the highest combination of cards. The highest cards in the Spanish deck are the Kings, followed by Knights and Jacks. In the variant game with eight kings, the threes work as the regular Kings and are therefore as high. For example, a hand like 'King-King-Knight-7' would be better for this round than 'King-Knight-Knight-7'. As it is a bidding game, if one team does not accept the bid then they may not win the hand even though they have higher cards. The second round is the ""Chica"". The two teams compete for the lowest"
"Eight Cards Eight Cards () is a simple, German patience game that is played with a French pack of 52 cards. Like most patience games, Eight Cards is a solitary card game. The cards, a single Rommé pack of 52 cards, are shuffled and placed in front of the player as a stock. The card values of the pip cards correspond to the face values; in addition the Ace is worth one, the Jack, Queen and King score 11 each. The top eight cards are picked up and placed on the table in the shape of a rectangle: Now pairs"
"Quadrille (card game) Quadrille is a card game that was popular in the 18th century. A variant of the Spanish card game Ombre, it is played by four players in pairs, with a deck of 40 cards (the 8's, 9's and 10's being removed). By the end of the 19th century, the card game had fallen out of fashion. The novel ""Pride and Prejudice"" includes four references to the quadrille card game being played by an upper class character, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and her guests. In the ""Diary of Thomas Vernon"", which was written by a loyalist from Newport,"
"Solo whist Solo Whist, sometimes known as simply Solo, is a trick-taking card game whose direct ancestor is the 17th-century Spanish game Ombre, based on the English Whist. Its major distinctive feature is that one player often plays against the other three. However, players form temporary alliances with two players playing against the other two if ""Prop and Cop"" is the current bid. It requires four players using a standard 52 card deck with no jokers. Aces are high and the deal, bidding and play are clockwise. Solo Whist was first played in the Low Countries in the first half"
"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"
"the greatest score. A traditional Spanish deck of 40 cards is used to play. For traditional decks which have 1 through 12 of each suit, you must remove the 8 and 9 of each suit, leaving 40 cards. A standard deck of playing cards (having Ace,2-10,Jack,Queen,King) can be modified by removing the 8, 9, and 10 of every suit, leaving 40 cards. At the start of each round the dealer will deal three cards to each player, face down. After all the players have been dealt cards, four board cards are dealt, face up, in the center of the table,"
"a 40-card Spanish deck - ""See below"". Each player is dealt three cards from a subset of the deck consisting of the numbers 1 to 7 and figures ""sota"" in Spanish or ""valete"" in Portuguese (jack, worth 10), ""caballo"" in Spanish or ""dama"" in Portuguese (equivalent to a queen, worth 11) and ""rey"" in Spanish or ""rei"" in Portuguese (king, worth 12). The most common form of the game is the four-player version, in which there are two teams of two players, who sit opposite each other. For six players, there are two teams of three players, with every second"
"Spanish poker Spanish Poker, also known as ""synthetic poker"", is a variation of Texas Hold 'em and is similar to Omaha Hold 'em. As in Omaha Hold 'em, the player must use both of the cards in his hand in combination with the three cards on the board. The game is played with 28 cards: eight through ace, in all four suits. The ace can be played as a low card, as though it were a seven, or as a high card. The game uses an ante, and is usually played with a no limit structure. All players are dealt"
"specifically “Bisca dos Sete” (“Bisca of seven” or “Seven's Bisca”), is evidence of its assumed ancestor, the Italian game Briscola. Sueca is by far the most popular card game in Portuguese communities and can be played socially, but is more often played in taverns (“taberna”) or pubs (“tasca”) in informal betting (bets are made on winning sets of 4 games), or in officiated tournaments (“torneio”) - both professionally (cash prizes) and for arbitrary prizes like lamb, suckling pig, a rooster or a “bifana"" The 7-card hand is the accepted norm, but some play with 8-card deals, or 10-card deals (popular"
"described the rules in the form of dialogues between the players. It is an ancestor of Ombre. The game is played by four players either individually or as partners. Maldonado uses a pack of 48 Spanish playing cards but Vives uses a French deck by discarding the 10s. In the suit of clubs and swords, the ranking from highest to lowest is King, Knight, Jack, 9 ... Ace while in the suit of cups and coins it is King, Knight, Jack, Ace ... 9. In the trump suit, the Ace is promoted above the King. Partners are chosen by drawing"
"the Spanish deck of 40 cards. In this game the sequences start with the four fives, and the five of oros must be played first. In the Swedish variant known as ""Sjuan"" (""Seven""), the first card to be played must be the seven of hearts. If a player is unable to play a card, a card must be handed to him/her from the previous player, usually the most useless card they have, and the turn passes on to the next player. The highest card in ""sjuan"" is king while the lowest is ace. If someone can play out all their"
"Thirteen, where ten cards are laid out and pairs and individual cards worth 13 points are removed. Eight Cards Eight Cards () is a simple, German patience game that is played with a French pack of 52 cards. Like most patience games, Eight Cards is a solitary card game. The cards, a single Rommé pack of 52 cards, are shuffled and placed in front of the player as a stock. The card values of the pip cards correspond to the face values; in addition the Ace is worth one, the Jack, Queen and King score 11 each. The top eight"
"Spain. And with the addition of new rules to the original set of rules, or even variations on the rules that the game devised, it finally reached a level of development that made them become separate games, despite their common origin. So, as the Italian writer Berni said: ""The game is played differently in different places."" Daines Barrington, described an Elizabethan card party painted by Federico Zuccari, and that originally belonged to Lord Falkland, in which Lord Burleigh is represented playing at cards with three other persons, apparently of distinction, each having two rings on the same fingers of both"
"deck of 40 cards, without eights, nines, or tens and no jokers, and it has a variety of different rules in the different regions of Spain. The game has four rounds: In each of these four rounds players take by order a call each, verbalizing (usually after discussing it with his partner) whether he/them will bid (""envido"") or pass (""paso"") which only results in skipping call turn to next player. After all four players have spoken each round, the bids (""""apostua"""") made are left hanging until the scoring round at the end. If no bet was made and all four"
"Sixteen (card game) Sixteen is a card game for 2 or 4 players, designed for players 8 and older, and published by Alpine Games. According to Major Fun, the game includes a good balance of strategy and luck, it is easy to learn, and takes approximately 15 minutes to play. The ""Sixteen"" game deck contains 54 custom cards of 4 different suits, numbered 0-6 (two wild cards are also included). To begin, three cards are dealt to each player, and the remaining cards are then placed face down forming a shared ""draw pile"". Players alternate playing cards onto a shared"
"cards, he or she can do so. Sevens (card game) Sevens or Domino, also known as Seven up Seven down, Laying Out Sevens, Fan Tan (US), Crazy Sevens or Parliament (UK), is a card game for 3–7 players using a standard deck of 52 cards. Cards are played out to form a layout of sequences going up and down in suit from the sevens (as in many solitaire games). The game is won by emptying one's hand before the other players. All cards are dealt to the players, even if as a result some players have one card more than"
"have been brought to England by Prof. Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch while teaching at the University of Cambridge in 1927. The game may be played with a number of cards multiple of four, ranking A K Q J T 9 8... in each suit. Phillips regarded 32 as standard, but it can be played without the 7s or 8s (recommended for beginners), or, for more advanced players, with the 6s and 5s included (e.g.: a deck of 24 cards with the 7s and 8s omitted). To begin with, the dealer chooses any 2 suits, and chooses one of them as his"
"Sevens (card game) Sevens or Domino, also known as Seven up Seven down, Laying Out Sevens, Fan Tan (US), Crazy Sevens or Parliament (UK), is a card game for 3–7 players using a standard deck of 52 cards. Cards are played out to form a layout of sequences going up and down in suit from the sevens (as in many solitaire games). The game is won by emptying one's hand before the other players. All cards are dealt to the players, even if as a result some players have one card more than others. The owner of the seven of"
"by scoring less than ten points) win the game (a completed game is called a ""mesa"", literally meaning ""table"", which in this context refers to ""match""). The game can be played by 2 players, or 4 players split into two teams. The score is kept with two kinds of chips, the two-point tantos (points) and the ten-point perros (dogs). When a standard 52 card pack is used, the 8s, 9s and 10s can be used to keep the score. Five cards are dealt to each player, given out as a hand of five cards at a time. The opponent of"
"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"
"Burro (card game) Burro () or los burros is a card game played with spanish playing cards. The principle objective of the game is to get four cards of the same number. The ideal number of players is from 4 to 8. The objective of the game is to run out of cards as quickly as possible. Each time one of the players lose, they are assigned a letter of the word ""burro"". The player who is first to complete the word becomes the ultimate loser of the game. The final winner will be the player who has failed to"
"Burro (card game) Burro () or los burros is a card game played with spanish playing cards. The principle objective of the game is to get four cards of the same number. The ideal number of players is from 4 to 8. The objective of the game is to run out of cards as quickly as possible. Each time one of the players lose, they are assigned a letter of the word ""burro"". The player who is first to complete the word becomes the ultimate loser of the game. The final winner will be the player who has failed to"
"a play, so that they always have four cards in hand (until the end), rather than being dealt cards in discrete rounds of four. Cassino (card game) Cassino, also known as Casino, is an Italian fishing card game for two, three, four (possibly in two partnerships), or even theoretically five players. It is the only one to have penetrated the English-speaking world. First recorded in 1797, it seems to have been heavily elaborated in 19th-century American practice. It is mostly played by two with a standard deck of playing cards, the object of the game being to score 21 points"