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This list of playing card nicknames shows the nicknames of playing cards in a standard 52-card pack. Some are generic while some are specific to certain card games; others are specific to patterns, such as the courts of French playing cards for example, which often bear traditional names.
The opponents of the declarer(s) in card games like Bridge or Skat. [9] Originally those 'defending' the pool (see Pigott's Hoyle (1800).). denomination The rank of a card e.g. 2, 3, 4, etc. [48] Suit of diamonds deuce The two of any suit. [44] In German-suited packs, the deuce is nowadays usually called the ace despite having 2 suit symbols. [49]
Cluedo ( / ˈkluːdoʊ / ), known as Clue in North America, is a murder mystery game for three to six players (depending on editions) that was devised in 1943 by British board game designer Anthony E. Pratt. The game was first manufactured by Waddingtons in the United Kingdom in 1949. Since then, it has been relaunched and updated several times ...
Turkey has no official national emblem, but the crescent and star ( Turkish: ay-yıldız, lit. 'crescent-star') design from the national flag is in use on Turkish passports, Turkish identity cards and at the diplomatic missions of Turkey . The crescent and star are from the 19th-century Ottoman flag (1844–1923) which also forms the basis of ...
Clubs (French: Trèfle) is one of the four playing card suits in the standard French-suited playing cards. The symbol was derived from that of the suit of Acorns in a German deck when French suits were invented in around 1480. [1] In Skat and Doppelkopf, Clubs are the highest-ranked suit (whereas Diamonds and Bells are the trump suit in ...
An unofficial or 'artistic' Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Ireland after 1707. Royal arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, still visible at King's Inns, Dublin. This version has the harp with a woman's head and breasts, as well as the arms of the House of Hanover at the centre, dating it to 1816–1837.
Enjoy a classic game of Hearts and watch out for the Queen of Spades!
Shadows over Camelot is a cooperative board game, a genre in which players work together in order to try to defeat a game system which itself is moving the game toward defeat for all the players. However, there is a chance that one knight is secretly a traitor, plotting the downfall of the others loyal to Camelot.