——– “Trollope” in this case doesn’t refer to, uh, “women of easy virtue,” but the Victorian-era novelist of political and social comedy/dramas. I have done a long series of posts exploring how Trollope created, developed, and above all RESPECTED his women characters. He understood the primary principle of creating fictional women, which is also a […]
Both whist and picquet are games of skill and strategy. The same cannot be said for FARO (or pharoah), which is entirely a game of chance, barring any cheating, of course. Faro is one of the oldest cardgames still extant, and was the favorite game of the true gambler. It is a dramatic game, […]
PICQUET (pronounced pee-kay by the French, and picket by the English) is one of the few Regency cardgames that requires only two players, so it is often used as a metaphorical duel between the hero and the villain. Variations allow three and four and even seven players (known as roundtable picquet). Picquet uses a 32-card […]