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"The Pocket Guide to Ecarte" (1897) by Cavendish (Henry Jones)
Picture of a game of Ecarte, circa 1823
Young man playing Escarte with a young woman (circa 1828)
Excerpts from Hoffman's 1895 book on Ecarte
Components for a game of Ecartes

Écarté (1825)

Players
2
Best: 2
Playing time
30–30 min
Age
12+
6.05
Average rating
86
Ratings
2.00/5
Weight
#21306
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Alternate names:Ekarté +1 more
Designer:(Uncredited)
Publisher:(Public Domain)
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 7, Interaction 5, Complexity 4, Theme 5
Strategy5.0
Luck7.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity4.0
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

Card GameTrick-takingBetting and BluffingPush Your Luck

Overview

A quick trick taking game for two based on Triomphe (French Ruff), and played with a 32-card Piquet deck (standard playing card deck stripped of all 2-6's). Écarté has an unusual press-your-luck mechanism which allows both players to exchange cards in hand for cards in the draw deck. This exchange is by agreement, and may occur multiple times before the first trick is played.

Écarté was originally a club gambling game, with both players and spectators wagering on the winner of the best of five tricks, and the location of the king of trumps.

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