Ace, the Glossary
An ace is a playing card, die or domino with a single pip.[1]
Table of Contents
38 relations: Ace of spades, Ace–ten game, As (Roman coin), Blackjack, Brusquembille, Cribbage, Deuce (playing card), Dice, Dominoes, French-suited playing cards, Ganjifa, German-suited playing cards, James VI and I, Madiao, Meld (cards), Middle English, Old French, Ombre, Pinochle, Pip (counting), Playing card, Poker, Put (card game), Queen (playing card), Rummy, Sixty-six (card game), Spanish-suited playing cards, Stamp duty, Suit of wands, Swiss-suited playing cards, Tarot card games, The Playing-Card, Trappola, Tressette, Triomphe, Trionfi (cards), Truc, Twenty-five (card game).
Ace of spades
The ace of spades (also known as the Spadille and Death Card) is traditionally the highest and most valued card in the deck of playing cards. Ace and ace of spades are playing cards.
Ace–ten game
An ace–ten game is a type of card game, highly popular in Europe, in which the aces and tens are of particularly high value.
As (Roman coin)
The as (assēs), occasionally assarius (assarii, rendered into Greek as ἀσσάριον, assárion), was a bronze, and later copper, coin used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.
Blackjack
Blackjack (formerly black jack and vingt-un) is a casino banking game.
Brusquembille
Brusquembille or Briscambille is a historical, French, 3-card trick-and-draw game for two to five players using a 32-card piquet pack.
Cribbage
Cribbage, or crib, is a card game, traditionally for two players, that involves playing and grouping cards in combinations which gain points.
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Deuce (playing card)
The deuce (Daus, plural: Däuser) is the playing card with the highest value in German card games. Ace and deuce (playing card) are playing cards.
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Dice
Dice (die or dice) are small, throwable objects with marked sides that can rest in multiple positions.
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Dominoes
Dominoes is a family of tile-based games played with gaming pieces.
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French-suited playing cards
French-suited playing cards or French-suited cards are cards that use the French suits of trèfles (clovers or clubs), carreaux (tiles or diamonds), cœurs (hearts), and piques (pikes or spades).
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Ganjifa
Ganjifa, Ganjapa or Gânjaphâ, is a card game and type of playing cards that are most associated with Persia and India.
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German-suited playing cards
German-suited playing cards are a very common style of traditional playing card used in many parts of Central Europe characterised by 32- or 36-card packs with the suits of Acorns (Eichel or Kreuz), Leaves (Grün, Blatt, Laub, Pik or Gras), Hearts (Herz or Rot) and Bells (Schelle, Schell or Bolle).
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James VI and I
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.
Madiao
Madiao, also ma diao, ma tiu or ma tiao, is a late imperial Chinese trick-taking gambling card game, also known as the game of paper tiger.
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Meld (cards)
In card games, a meld is a set of matching cards, typically three or more, that earn a player points and/or allow them to deplete their hand.
Middle English
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century.
Old French
Old French (franceis, françois, romanz; ancien français) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th and the mid-14th century.
Ombre
Ombre (pronounced "omber") or l'Hombre is a fast-moving seventeenth-century trick-taking card game for three players and "the most successful card game ever invented." Its history began in Spain around the end of the 16th century as a four-person game.
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Pinochle
Pinochle, also called pinocle or penuchle, is a trick-taking ace–ten card game, typically for two to four players and played with a 48-card deck.
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Pip (counting)
Pips are small but easily countable items, such as the dots on dominoes and dice, or the symbols on a playing card that denote its suit and value. Ace and Pip (counting) are playing cards.
Playing card
A playing card is a piece of specially prepared card stock, heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic that is marked with distinguishing motifs. Ace and playing card are playing cards.
Poker
Poker is a family of comparing card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules.
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Put (card game)
Put, occasionally Putt, is an English tavern game first recorded in the 16th century and later castigated by 17th century moralists as one of ill repute.
Queen (playing card)
The queen is a playing card with a picture of a queen on it. Ace and queen (playing card) are playing cards.
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Rummy
Rummy is a group of games related by the feature of matching cards of the same rank or sequence and same suit.
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Sixty-six (card game)
Sixty-six or 66 (Sechsundsechzig), sometimes known as Paderbörnern, is a fast 5- or 6-card point-trick game of the marriage type for 2–4 players, played with 24 cards.
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Spanish-suited playing cards
Spanish-suited playing cards or Spanish-suited cards have four suits, and a deck is usually made up of 40 or 48 cards (or even 50 by including two jokers).
See Ace and Spanish-suited playing cards
Stamp duty
Stamp duty is a tax that is levied on single property purchases or documents (including, historically, the majority of legal documents such as cheques, receipts, military commissions, marriage licences and land transactions).
Suit of wands
The suit of wands is one of four suits in tarot, collectively known as the Minor Arcana.
Swiss-suited playing cards
Parts of Swiss German speaking Switzerland have their own deck of playing cards referred to as Swiss-suited playing cards or Swiss-suited cards.
See Ace and Swiss-suited playing cards
Tarot card games
Tarot games are card games played with tarot packs designed for card play and which have a permanent trump suit alongside the usual four card suits.
The Playing-Card
The Playing-Card is a quarterly publication, publishing scholarly articles covering all aspects of playing cards and of the games played with them, produced by the International Playing-Card Society (IPCS). Ace and the Playing-Card are playing cards.
Trappola
Trappola is an early 16th-century Venetian trick-taking card game which spread to most parts of Central Europe and survived, in various forms and under various names like Trapulka, Bulka and Hundertspiel until perhaps the middle of the 20th century.
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Tressette
Tressette or Tresette is a 40-card, trick-taking card game.
Triomphe
Triomphe (French for triumph), once known as French ruff, is a card game dating from the late 15th century.
See Ace and Triomphe
Trionfi (cards)
Trionfi ('triumphs') are 15th-century Italian playing card trumps with allegorical content related to those used in tarocchi games. Ace and Trionfi (cards) are playing cards.
Truc
Truc, pronounced in France and in Spain, is a 15th-century bluff and counter-bluff trick-taking card game which has been likened to poker for two.
See Ace and Truc
Twenty-five (card game)
Twenty-five is the Irish national card game, which also underlies the Canadian game of Forty-fives.
See Ace and Twenty-five (card game)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace
Also known as 1 (playing card), Ace (card), Ace (playing card), Ace of clubs, Ace of diamonds, The ace, .