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A cult game under Louis XIV and Louis
XV
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12/11/2003
15/03/2022 |
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Table including Quadrille and
the Médiateur
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30/11/2004
24/12/2021 |
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The game of l'Hombre played
today in clubs in Denmark
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16/09/2006
24/12/2021 |
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Molière's version with
36 cards and its successor with 32 cards.
| 18/03/2009
20/12/2021 |
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Piquet, Triumph, and...
Trictrac
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05/01/2022
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A simplified version of the Imperiale
| 02/01/2022
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A highly subtle "loser wins" game
| 24/01/2008
20/12/2021 |
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A game of chance played under
Louis XIII and Louis XIV
| 07/06/2009
20/12/2021 |
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A greatly simplified version of
the old Lansquenet, dating from around 1840
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27/10/2011
17/12/2021 |
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A betting game fashionable under Louis
XIV
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21/01/2011
30/10/2021 |
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A variant of Bassette
| 21/01/2011
31/10/2021 |
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In its original form, an introduction
to Bridge
| 01/06/2010
08/12/2021 |
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A kind of Whist for six players,
with spoken bids
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Sizette when there are only four
players
| 17/03/2012
16/12/2021 |
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The anti-Whist, a French game
created to try to rival Whist
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03/06/2010
16/12/2021 |
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Another anti-Whist, another
curiosity
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28/04/2022
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Cliques play an important role in it
| 19/09/2011
27/10/2021 |
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A 17th-century game, the
origin of the name of the famous Poker hand
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20/12/2011
15/12/2021 |
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A Brelan where things heat up
| 21/12/2011
16/12/2021 |
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A combination of raising games
played under Louis XIV
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06/04/2010
14/12/2021 |
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Yellow Dwarf is the best known of these
| 04/08/2008
08/12/2021 |
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A hoc game, with bidding
based on Piquet-style announcements
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19/02/2009
12/12/2021 |
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The oldest known rules
| 05/08/2008
08/12/2021 |
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A two-player patience game
| 19/04/2010
12/11/2021 |
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A major game in the history of
card games, with very permissive rules
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25/10/2003
06/12/2021 |
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A variant devised from the
Brusquembille rules mentioned in 1779
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03/09/2011
07/12/2021 |
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An evolution of Brusquembille
with Marriage
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04/09/2011
07/12/2021 |
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An evolution of Brisque
preceding Bezique
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13/09/2011
07/12/2021 |
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A simplification of Briscan
and improvement on Brisque. A great success
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01/11/2011
07/12/2021 |
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Comparative tables of the various
games directly descended from Brusquembille
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03/11/2011
07/12/2021 |
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A marriage-type game for four
players in two crossed partnerships
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21/10/2011
12/12/2021 |
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A simple game suited to children
An
improvement on the game of War
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15/01/2022
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A simple game, forerunner of
the more poetic Butterfly
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21/08/2003
25/11/2021 |
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For children and their parents.
The Italian Scopa is a descendant of Butterfly
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07/12/2003
26/11/2021 |
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It is the inventor of the concept
of the trump card
| 02/06/2004
15/11/2021 |
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Another way of playing
Triumph
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02/06/2004
15/11/2021 |
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Triumph, one against all
| 03/12/2010
16/11/2021 |
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An evolved version of Triumph
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17/07/2004
27/10/2021 |
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Also called Lenturlu: Triumph with the possibility of bluffing
| 18/03/2005
19/11/2021 |
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Or Mistigri, a variant of the game
of Mouche
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18/03/2005
19/11/2021 |
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A category of small games
of chance
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02/10/2010
25/10/2021 |
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A very sociable poule game
of pure chance
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27/09/2010
16/10/2021 |
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A poule game requiring a bit
of reasoning
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29/09/2010
16/10/2021 |
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Other names for The Running Ace |
02/10/2010
16/10/2021 |
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One of the most basic poule games
| 29/09/2010
16/10/2021 |
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A poule game requiring
memory
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01/10/2010
31/10/2021 |
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An optimistic poule game
| 29/05/2025
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A poule game where you can be reborn
| 03/10/2010
16/10/2021 |
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