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in 1652, it is not recorded until 1715 although Kozietulski stated in 1888 that it had been popular in Poland for two centuries which dates its appearance there to the late 17th century and he doubts it is of Polish origin on account of its French name and the marriage feature which appears in old
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of between 20 and 36 cards, there are 120 card points and thus a winning total is typically 61 points. Wins are doubled for scoring three-quarters of the total points and trebled for winning every trick, a scoring system known as the
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this change does not appear, however, until as late as 1899. So in most ace–ten games nowadays the Tens are high. A few games retain the natural ranking in which Tens are low, an indication that they are older:
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argued that they were most likely to have been invented by users of French cards in the Netherlands area, a hypothesis supported by the Dutch origin of the Swiss national game of
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below the ten generally have no card point value and the pack is often shortened by removing the lower pip cards or 'non-counters'. This means that, in a typical
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Many ace–ten games have achieved national or regional status. They are usually played with cards typical of their particular country or region. These include:
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Probably around 1820, the Ten began to be promoted from its natural position between the Jack and the Nine to take its place between the Ace and King. In
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The earliest recorded rules for a game with a form of ace–ten scheme date to around 1672 when Willughby published the only known description of
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A Volume of Plaies (ms.) - published as Francis Willughby's Book of Games: A Seventeenth- Century Treatise on Sports, Games, and Pastimes
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uses a similar scoring system, but the courts are worth one point less i.e. the king is 3 points, the queen 2 and the knave 1.
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to collect cards with penalty points. However, losing lodam is mentioned as early as 1586 and may be the same as the game of
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Although the origin of ace–ten games is uncertain, scholars have proposed a number of theories. In 1980,
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Many of Europe's most popular card games feature the ace–ten scoring system, where the cards count as
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of the same suit. In many cases, bonuses are awarded for other melds and for taking the last trick.
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In Schnapsen and Bavarian sixty-six, the last trick wins the game rather than a bonus
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The earliest record of any ace–ten game, surprising, is for the old English game of
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group. The trump jack and trump nine are permanent top trumps, typically known as
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Type of card game in which the aces and tens are of particularly high value
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Willughby, Francis (2003) . David Cram; Jeffrey L. Forgeng (eds.).
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after its "most illustrious" example, the German national game of
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which go back a long way and may have been invented along with
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group. The trump suit is bolstered by the promotion of each
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The ace (deuce) and ten of bells from a Bavarian pattern,
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in 1534. Another early example is the French game of
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Index

Ace–ten card games

German-suited pack
card game
ace
king
queen
Ober
jack
Unter
Pip cards
shortened pack
skat
Schafkopf
Marriage group
Jass
losing lodam
point-trick games
Tarot cards
trumps
scherlentzen
karnyffeln
Fastnacht
Trappola
Girolamo Cardano
Triumph
Sir Michael Dummett
Jass
John McLeod
Brisque

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