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...

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'...

Parlett is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Blake Parlett (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player David Parlett (born 1939)...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

standard rummy but less spontaneous than knock rummy. Card game historian David Parlett finds Scarne's theory to be "highly implausible", and considers the...

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...

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...

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"...

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...

at Trionfi.com, by Martiano da Tortona, translated by Ross Caldwell David Parlett, Oxford Dictionary of Card Games, pg. 300 Oxford University Press (1996)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Master of the Playing Cards John McLeod Anton Moser Samuel J. Murray David Parlett Ferdinand Piatnik Richard Valentine Pitchford Franco Pratesi Johann...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

"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)...

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...

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...