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Pit is a fast-paced card game for three to eight players, designed to simulate open outcry bidding for commodities. The game first went on sale in 1904 by the American games company Parker Brothers. [1] The inspirations were the Chicago Board of Trade (known as the Pit) and the US Corn Exchange.
Waddington's Formula 1 – the prince of all board games – on the floor." [5] and the following year the same column mentioned it as a recommended retro purchase. [6] Reviews by board-game enthusiasts and special-interest sites include: Formula 1 is, arguably, the benchmark against which all other motor racing board games must be measured.
David Parlett's book Teach Yourself Card Games recommends the site as the first and probably the only place one needs to seek for rules of card games, [3] and his A-Z of Card Games refers to entries in pagat.com for the rules of those games that are only mentioned in the book. [4]
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Pitch (or "high low jack") is an American trick-taking game equivalent to the British blind all fours which, in turn, is derived from the classic all fours (US: seven up). ). Historically, pitch started as "blind all fours", a very simple all fours variant that is still played in England as a pub ga
The rules for a misdeal and penalty vary according to the game. A misdeal is sometimes called by miscounting, or when two cards stick together. [2] Sometimes, when a misdeal is detected, a new hand is dealt. [3] [4] In most games a misdeal, and recall of the cards, does not prevent the same player dealing again. [5]
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Spit is a card game of the shedding family for two players. It is a form of competitive patience. The game is played until all of a player's cards are gone. [2] It has a close variant known as Speed. Spit appears to have originated in the UK in the 1980s. [3]