piquet
Two-player card contest
Piquet is a card game for two players using a 32-card deck, popular in Europe from the 16th through 19th centuries.
Players score points through combinations of cards and tricks, with elaborate rules for declaring sets and sequences.
The game influenced later trick-taking games and appears frequently in period literature: They passed the evening at piquet.
Winning dealt card rounds
- meldingCombining into unity
- deckShip's flat surface
- shuffleRandomize by mixing
- dealAgreement or distribution
hand · discard · stock · talon · repique · capot · point · sequence
Methods to achieve goals
- bluffingDeceiving about one's position
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- declarationFormal public announcement
- discardingRemoving what's unwanted
sinking · equalizing · decision-making · probability · psychology · timing · maneuvering · endgame
Relating to the 1600s
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- courtlyRefined and dignified
- gamblingBetting on uncertain results
Louis XIV · pastime · leisure · parlour · coffeehouse · gentlemen · patrimony · codification
trick-taking
Winning dealt card rounds
deal · hand · discard · stock · talon · repique · capot · point · sequence · set
tactics
Methods to achieve goals
- bluffingDeceiving about one's position
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- declarationFormal public announcement
discarding · sinking · equalizing · decision-making · probability · psychology · timing · maneuvering · endgame · analysis
seventeenth-century
Relating to the 1600s
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- courtlyRefined and dignified
Louis XIV · gambling · pastime · leisure · parlour · coffeehouse · gentlemen · patrimony · codification · Hoyle
piquetparty game
Social gathering entertainment
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