écarté
Sign in to saveÉcarté () is an old French casino game for two players that is still played today. It is a trick-taking game, similar to whist, but with a special and eponymous discarding phase; the word écarté means "discarded". Écarté was popular in the 19th century, but is now rarely played. It is described as "an elegant two-player derivative of Triomphe quite fun to play" and a "classic that should be known to all educated card players."
Key facts
- Card game.title
- Écarté
- Card game.image_link
- File:Euchre.jpg
- Card game.image_caption
- An Écarté hand
- Card game.type
- Trick-taking
- Card game.players
- 2
- Card game.num_cards
- 32
- Card game.deck
- Piquet
- Card game.play
- Alternate
- Card game.card_rank
- K Q J A 10 9 8 7
- Card game.origin
- France
- Card game.related
- TriompheWhistEuchreBourré
- Card game.playing_time
- 15 min.
- Card game.random_chance
- 7
- Card game.skills
- 3
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
14 sectionsContents
- Play
- Scoring
- Early 20th-century London Rules
- Variations
- Pool and French
- Rubbers
- Ranks
- Betting
- Bourré
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- Literature
- External links
Écarté () is an old French casino game for two players that is still played today. It is a trick-taking game, similar to whist, but with a special and eponymous discarding phase; the word écarté means "discarded". Écarté was popular in the 19th century, but is now rarely played. It is described as "an elegant two-player derivative of Triomphe quite fun to play" and a "classic that should be known to all educated card players."
==Play== thumb|left|The suit of Spades from a French pack, ranking as in Écarté All cards from two to six are removed from a 52-card pack, to produce the Piquet pack of thirty-two cards, which rank from the lowest 7, 8, 9, 10, ace, knave, queen, to king high. Note that the ace ranks between ten and knave, making the king the highest card.