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  2. Chinese playing cards - Wikipedia

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    Playing cards (simplified Chinese: 纸牌; traditional Chinese: 紙牌; pinyin: zhǐpái) were most likely invented in China during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). They were certainly in existence by the Mongol Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). [1] [2] [3] Chinese use the word pái (牌), meaning "plaque", to refer to both playing cards and ...

  3. Zi pai - Wikipedia

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    Gameplay — The game starts by a chosen player (if the first game) or the winner (of the previous game) drawing the first two cards. Each player then draws two cards until the lead has 20 cards in their hand and announces the end of the drawing phase by drawing one last card and discarding the first card. So each player has 20 cards to start with.

  4. History of games - Wikipedia

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    Playing cards or tiles were invented in China [46] as early as the 9th century during the Tang dynasty (618–907). [47] [48] [49] The earliest unambiguous attestation of paper playing cards date back to 1294. [50] The modern game of Dominoes developed from early Chinese tile based games.

  5. Playing card - Wikipedia

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    Playing cards are typically palm-sized for convenient handling, and usually are sold together in a set as a deck of cards or pack of cards. The most common type of playing card in the West is the French-suited , standard 52-card pack , of which the most widespread design is the English pattern , [ a ] followed by the Belgian-Genoese pattern . [ 5 ]

  6. Science and technology of the Tang dynasty - Wikipedia

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    A Chinese printed playing card dated c. 1400 AD, Ming dynasty, found near Turpan, measuring 9.5 by 3.5 cm.. Playing cards may have been invented during the Tang dynasty around the ninth century AD as a result of the usage of woodblock printing technology.

  7. In China, poker is out, while ‘throwing eggs’ is in - AOL

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    Guandan, also known as “throwing eggs” in Chinese, is a poker-like card game that originated in Jiangsu, one of the wealthiest provinces in China. Amid some of the tensest U.S.-China relations ...

  8. Card game - Wikipedia

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    The oldest surviving reference to the card game in world history is from the 9th century China, when the Collection of Miscellanea at Duyang, written by Tang-dynasty writer Su E, described Princess Tongchang (daughter of Emperor Yizong of Tang) playing the "leaf game" with members of the Wei clan (the family of the princess's husband) in 868 .

  9. Play Whist Online for Free - AOL.com

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    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. all. board. card.