David Parlett (born 18 May 1939 in London) is a games scholar, historian, and translator from South London, who has studied both card games and board...
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for this type of game during the 20th century, British games scholar David Parlett notes that there are good reasons for preferring the name 'patience'...
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Parlett is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Blake Parlett (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player David Parlett (born 1939)...
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Russian game Verish' Ne Verish' ("Trust, don't trust")—described by David Parlett as "an ingenious cross between Cheat and Old Maid"—is also known as...
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"Spite and Malice" (p. 455ff) in The Penguin Book of Card Games by David Parlett, Treasure Press, 1987. ISBN 1-85051-221-3 "Russian Bank" (p. 212) in...
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was Westernized as Khanhoo by W.H. Wilkinson in 1891. Games scholar David Parlett combines these two theories, and proposes that the Mexican game of Conquian...
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Jack. Bartok, Mao, Taki, and Uno add further elements to the game. David Parlett describes Crazy Eights as "not so much a game as a basic pattern of...
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prisoners were also housed there after the War of 1812. Card game historian David Parlett believes that Euchre is derived from an eighteenth-century Alsatian...
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on a cruise ship and subsequently published its rules. According to David Parlett, the game is a reworking of an old 19th-century patience called crapette...
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from the Italian Wars during the reign of King of France Charles VIII. David Parlett considers Macao as the immediate precursor to baccarat. Its name and...
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standard rummy but less spontaneous than knock rummy. Card game historian David Parlett finds Scarne's theory to be "highly implausible", and considers the...
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Can or Colonel (the two-handed version) is a rummy-style card game. David Parlett describes it as an ancestor to all modern rummy games, and a kind of...
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colour, as the second-highest card. According to card game historian, David Parlett, the Joker was added to a 32‑card pack in the 1850s specifically for...
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Assoc., Rev. 15APR2007 David Parlett, Teach Yourself Card Games, p. 191, McGraw-Hill (2003), ISBN 0-07-141974-8 David Parlett. "Parlett on Skat (5) History"...
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plain-trick card game for two players that became France's national game. David Parlett calls it a "classic game of relatively great antiquity... still one...
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at Trionfi.com, by Martiano da Tortona, translated by Ross Caldwell David Parlett, Oxford Dictionary of Card Games, pg. 300 Oxford University Press (1996)...
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card games from all over the world. It has been described by writer David Parlett as the most important site of its kind on the Internet and the "only...
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mentioned by Rabelais, Cardano and numerous other 16th century sources, but David Parlett notes that the name referred to two different card games – one like...
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Patience. Foulsham, Slough. Parlett, David (1979). The Penguin Book of Patience. London: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-7139-1193-0. Parlett, David (1991). A History of...
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more recently, Nerts, but the name Racing Demon continues to be used. David Parlett says that today it is also known as Pounce internationally. The game...
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Master of the Playing Cards John McLeod Anton Moser Samuel J. Murray David Parlett Ferdinand Piatnik Richard Valentine Pitchford Franco Pratesi Johann...
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3 games. "Spider" (p.431-432) in The Penguin Book of Card Games by David Parlett, Treasure Press, 1987. ISBN 1-85051-221-3 "Spider" (p.311) in Bicycle...
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You'll Ruin My "Thunderstorm"". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2007-07-10. David Parlett, Botticelli and Beyond BBC Website for I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. Try...
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more players. The goal of the game is to avoid taking the last trick. David Parlett describes it as a "delightful Baltic gambling game". According to John...
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2021. Parlett 2008, p. 24. Parlett 2008, p. 49. "Court Piece/Rang". pagat.com. Retrieved 13 February 2021. Parlett (2008), pp. 87–88. Parlett (2008)...
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Dictionary of game Card Games, David Parlett, pg. 124 ISBN 0-19-869173-4 The Oxford Guide to Card Games, David Parlett, Oxford University Press, 1990...
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of the same suit), Finally, pairs are the lowest hand Brag Chor voli David Parlett, Teach Yourself Card Games pg. 237 NTC-Contemporary Publishing Company...
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"Beleaguered Castle" (p.426) in The Penguin Book of Card Games by David Parlett, Treasure Press, 1987. ISBN 1-85051-221-3 "Beleaguered Castle" (p.9)...
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different. Tressette Trappola Truc Brisca Oxford Dictionary of Card Games, David Parlett, pg. 47 – Oxford University Press 1996 ISBN 0-19-869173-4 Briscola at...
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Hare and Tortoise is a Eurogame designed by David Parlett in 1974 and first published by Intellect Games. In 1978 it was released by Ravensburger in Germany...
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