Bezique
Sign in to saveBezique () or bésigue () is a 19th-century French melding and trick-taking card game for two players, which was imported to Britain and is still played today. The game is derived from piquet, possibly via 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.
Key facts
- Card game.title
- Bezique
- Card game.subtitle
- (Bésigue)
- Card game.image_link
- 220px
- Card game.type
- Trick-taking
- Card game.players
- 2
- Card game.num_cards
- 64 (double 32-card pack)
- Card game.deck
- Piquet
- Card game.card_rank
- A 10 K Q J 9 8 7
- Card game.origin
- France
- Card game.related
- BinokelMarjoletPinochle
- Card game.playing_time
- 25 min.
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Overview
- Points for melds and brisques
- Further notes on scoring
- Step-by-step guide to the game (two-player version)
- Preparing to play
- The deal
- The play (phase one)
- The play (phase two)
- Counting the brisques
- Penalties
- See also
- References
- Literature
- External links
Bezique () or bésigue () is a 19th-century French melding and trick-taking card game for two players, which was imported to Britain and is still played today. The game is derived from piquet, possibly via 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: