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Queen-Jack Games
Bezique () or bésigue () is a 19th-century French Meld (cards), melding and Trick-taking game, trick-taking card game for two players, which was imported to Britain and is still played today. The game is derived from piquet,''Transactions of the Philological Society'', Philological Society, pg. 289 - Philological Society (Great Britain) 1910 possibly via Sixty-six (game), marriage (sixty-six) and briscan, with additional scoring features, notably the peculiar liaison of the and that is also a feature of pinochle, Binokel, and similarly named games that vary by country. History An early theory that appeared in the 1864 edition of ''The American Hoyle'' was that bezique originated in Sweden as the result of a royal competition. This much repeated, but unsubstantiated, tale is recounted thus: What is known is that the first rules – for a game played with a single pack of 32 cards – appeared in Paris in 1847 where Méry described it as a new game. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinochle Meld
Pinochle (), also called pinocle or penuchle, is a trick-taking ace–ten card game, typically for two to four players and played with a 48-card deck. It is derived from the card game bezique; players score points by trick-taking and also by forming combinations of characters into Meld (cards), melds. It is thus considered part of a "trick-and-meld" category which also includes the game belote. Each hand is played in three phases: bidding, melds, and tricks. The standard game today is called "partnership auction pinochle". History Pinochle is thought to have two possible origins. One is that it is a cousin of Binokel, with both games evolving from the game of bezique. A second alternative is that pinochle actually developed from the Swiss and, later, South German game of Binocle or Binokel, which in turn is a descendant of bezique. The word pinochle has several different potential derivations. It may come from the French word ''binocle'' literally meaning "two eyes", or "eyegl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
