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Goofspiel (also known as The Game of Pure Strategy, GOPS or Psychological Jujitsu) is a card game for two or more players. It was invented by Merrill Flood while at Princeton University in the 1930s, [2] and Alex Randolph describes a similar game as having been popular with the 5th Indian Army during the Second World War.
Tock is a Cross and Circle game in the style of Pachisi, an Indian game played since the first millennium BC. Tock's exact origins are unclear, but traditionally it is believed that it originated with the early settlers of Quebec, Canada. [citation needed] The French game of Petits-Chevaux ("little horses") From Quebec, the game Jeu du Toc (or ...
Sequence (game) Sequence board, box, chips and cards. Sequence is an abstract strategy tabletop party game. Sequence was invented by Douglas Reuter. They originally called the game Sequence Five. He spent years developing the concept, and, in June 1981, granted Jax Ltd. an exclusive license to manufacture, distribute and sell the board game ...
Whist. Play the classic trick-taking card game. Lead with your strongest suit and work with your partner to get 2 points per hand. By Masque Publishing. Advertisement. Advertisement. Feedback. Help.
Kaiser (card game) Typical score sheet from a game of Kaiser. Kaiser, or three-spot, is a trick-taking card game popular in the prairie provinces in Canada, especially Saskatchewan and parts of its neighbouring provinces. It is played with four players in two partnerships with a 32-card deck.
500 or Five Hundred is a trick-taking game developed in the United States from Euchre. [1] Euchre was extended to a 10 card game with bidding and a Misère contract similar to Russian Preference, producing a cutthroat three-player game like Preference [2] and a four-player game played in partnerships like Whist which is the most popular modern form, although with special packs it can be played ...
Hex (board game) Hex (also called Nash) is a two player abstract strategy board game in which players attempt to connect opposite sides of a rhombus-shaped board made of hexagonal cells. Hex was invented by mathematician and poet Piet Hein in 1942 and later rediscovered and popularized by John Nash . It is traditionally played on an 11×11 ...
Rummoli. A handmade Rummoli board. Rummoli is a family card game for two to eight people. This Canadian board game, first marketed in 1940 by the Copp Clark Publishing Company of Toronto [1] requires a Rummoli board, a deck of playing cards (52 cards, no jokers ), and chips or coins to play. The game is usually played for fun, or for small ...