Piquet
Piquet is a card game that dates back to the initial period of the 16th century. I became widely popular in Germany, France ans Spain. However when the game contact bridge was invented and launched into high society, Piquet took the back seat. While most (if not all) card games are played with a deck of 52 cards, piquet is played with a deck of only 32 cards. Called the piquet deck, these cards are widely sold in some countries like France and Germany because other more popular card games such as Belote and Skat use this deck. The 20 card difference from this deck to a regular one is that the ranks from 2-6 (five ranks + 4 suits each = 20 cards) are not used in piquet. It is composed of 7 8 9 10 J Q K A in all four suits each.
Piquet is played with a match of 6 deals. There are two players – the Elder and the Younger. The Elder first takes a card and puts it down on the table, face up. The Younger is now presented with the challenge to beat the card of the Elder. He must follow suit if he can. If he isn’t able to, he can use any card he wants, but doing so automatically forfeits the round to the Elder. After the round concludes, the winning player is determined with the higher card of the chosen suit. For example if the Elder places a 7 of spades to start the round and the Younger comes up with a King of Spades, then the Younger player is the winner. The advantage of starting the next round goes to the winner as he can easily choose the suit of his choice which he believes himself to have a higher chance of winning. The person who wins the most number of deals with tricks to match the suits is the winner of the game.