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English historian of board and card games (born 1939)
David Parlett (born 18 May 1939 in London) is a games scholar, historian, and translator from South London, who has studied both card games and board
David_Parlett
Surname list
Parlett is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Blake Parlett (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player David Parlett (born 1939)
Parlett
British applied mathematician (1932–2026)
Beresford Neill Parlett (July 4, 1932 – February 7, 2026) was an English applied mathematician, who specialised in numerical analysis and scientific computation
Beresford_Parlett
African American academic administrator
Parlett Longworth Moore Sr. (September 17, 1907 – January 8, 2000) was an African-American academic administrator. He was the president of Coppin State
Parlett_Moore
Genre of card games
this type of game during the 20th century, British games scholar David Parlett argues that there are good reasons for preferring the name 'patience'.
Solitaire
British track and field athlete (1925–2022)
Harold John Parlett (19 April 1925 – 6 March 2022) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bromley
John_Parlett
Community in Jefferson County, Ohio, US
Parlett is an unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. It is located southeast of Hopedale and just east of
Parlett,_Ohio
British comic book artist
Reginald Edward Parlett (2 August 1904 – 18 November 1991) was an artist from England who had a career of drawing for comic books that lasted for 66 years
Reg_Parlett
Solitaire card game
Quentin Kansil (ed.), 1999. ISBN 1-889752-06-1 Parlett (1979), pp. 94–95. Coops (1939), p. 10. Parlett 1991, p. 156–157. Heinrich, Rudolf (2011). Die
Klondike_(solitaire)
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1989)
Blake Parlett (born May 13, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently a free agent. He last played for HC Kosice of the Slovak
Blake_Parlett
Card game
Hoyle 1864, p. 57. Parlett (2007), pp. 255–261. Parlett (2022). Mathews 1844, pp. 92 ff. Parlett (1991), p. 190. Hoyle 1868, p. 94. Parlett (1991), p. 191
Euchre
Group of matching-card games
Westernized as Khanhoo by W.H. Wilkinson in 1891. Games scholar David Parlett combines these two theories, and proposes that the Mexican game of Conquian
Rummy
Cards used for games or divination
Trumps All". New York Times. Retrieved 12 November 2024. Dummett (1980) Parlett, David (1990). The Oxford Guide to Card Games (1 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University
Tarot
Parlett (2008), pp. 119, 67, 121–122 and 125–126. Parlett (2008), pp. 577 and 594. Dummett & McLeod (2003), pp. 4–9. Foster 1897, p. 678. Parlett 2008
Glossary_of_card_game_terms
Gambling card game
the Italian Wars during the reign of King of France Charles VIII. David Parlett considers Macao the immediate precursor to baccarat. Its name and rules
Baccarat
Type of card game in which the aces and tens are of particularly high value
Leipzig: Siegbert Schnurpfeil. Parlett 2008, p. 211. Parlett 1991, p. 263. Güthel (1522), F iii recto. Sachs (1539), p. 31. Parlett (2008), p. 201. Dummett 1980
Ace–ten_game
Suit in French playing cards
black ♣ and a white ♧ Club symbol are defined: Dummett (1980), p. 22. Parlett (2008), p. xiv. Allan & Mackay (2007), p. 155. Four-Color Deck at pokernews
Clubs_(suit)
Card game
or Colonel (the two-handed version) is a rummy-style card game. David Parlett describes it as an ancestor to all modern rummy games, and a kind of proto-gin
Conquian
American First Lady of Guam
Annabel Parlett McMillin is an American former First Lady of Guam. McMillin's parents are Mr. and Mrs. David O. Parlett. In 1940, when George McMillin
Annabel_Parlett_McMillin
Trick-taking card game
www.pagat.com. Retrieved 10 December 2025. Parlett (2008), pp. 87–88. Parlett (2008), pp. 86–87. Parlett 2008, p. 38. "Three-Handed Whist - Rules and
Whist
In card games, a combination of three or more cards of the same rank
Parlett (2008) p. 489. Parlett (2008), pp. 287, 645. Parlett, David. A History of Card Games. Oxford: OUP (1991), p. 127. ISBN 0-19-282905-X. Parlett
Set_(cards)
British diplomat and writer on Japanese Buddhism
George Parlett CMG (1869 – 1945) was a British consular diplomat and writer on Japanese Buddhism. Parlett was born in 1869 in England. In 1890, Parlett travelled
Harold_George_Parlett
(1993) and Hamlyn (2014). Parlett has the columns overlapping, but the original rules show the cards in separate rows. Parlett insists that suit sequences
Agnes_(card_game)
Solitaire card game
chances of winning are exactly 1 in 13. It has a feature described by Parlett as 'shuttling' in which a card is placed at the bottom of a pile and the
Clock_(card_game)
Playing card
colour, as the second-highest card. According to card game historian, David Parlett, the Joker was added to a 32‑card pack in the 1850s specifically for the
Joker_(playing_card)
Trick-taking card game
while American sources call it oh pshaw or more frequently oh hell. David Parlett gives other names: blackout, bust, elevator and jungle bridge; while John
Oh_hell
Game using playing cards as the primary device
by David Parlett". www.parlettgames.uk. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2022. Parlett (1991), p. 118. Parlett (1991),
Card_game
Castable objects with two distinct faces for generating random outcomes
decision-making, gambling, and game playing, the boundaries of which (as David Parlett suggests) can be quite blurred. They may be cast singly, yielding a single
Binary_lot
American architect (1864–1935)
1904 until his retirement he was senior partner of the firm of Kirkham & Parlett. Guy Kirkham was born November 13, 1864 in, Springfield, Massachusetts
Guy_Kirkham
Card which may stand in for a card of another value
Cards: A glossary of card-playing terms by David Parlett at www.parlettgames.uk. Retrieved 1 Jun 2018. Parlett, David. The Penguin Book of Card Games. London:
Wild_card_(cards)
Card rules website
card games from all over the world. It has been described by writer David Parlett as the most important site of its kind on the Internet and the "only authoritative
Pagat.com
Pack of 32 French suited playing cards
(1918), p. 171. Singer (1816), p. 259. Parlett 1991, p. 297. Parlett 1991, p. 287. Parlett 1991, p. 295. Parlett 1991, p. 271. _ (1918). Notes and Queries
Piquet_pack
Card game
plain-trick card game for two players that became France's national game. David Parlett calls it a "classic game of relatively great antiquity... still one of
Piquet
British card game
Waddingtons, Brag was the fourth most popular card game in Britain. In 1992, Parlett stated that the classic three-stake variant (see Classic Brag below) was
Brag_(card_game)
Playing card suit
a white ♤ spade are defined: Spades (card game) Dummett (1980), p. 22. Parlett (2008), p. xiv. "Pique". Centre national de ressources textuelles et lexicales
Spades_(suit)
Type of card game
Salt Lake City. Duckworth. ISBN 9780715610145. Parlett 1990, pp. 35, 164. Parlett 1990, pp. 163–165. Parlett 1990, pp. 163–165. McLeod, John (2013). "Playing
Trick-taking_game
Board game
Hare and Tortoise is a Eurogame designed by David Parlett in 1974 and first published by Intellect Games. In 1978 it was released by Ravensburger in Germany
Hare_and_Tortoise
Card game
- Vinificator. Pauli, Berlin. Parlett, David (1990). A History of Card Games, OUP, Oxford. ISBN 0-19-282905-X Parlett, David (2008). The Penguin Book
Twenty-one_(card_game)
Gambling card game
♥A ♦K ♠Q ♣J Parlett (1979) - ♠A ♥K ♣Q ♦J Arnold (1988) – an A, K, Q and J of different suits. McLeod (2000) – ♥A ♣K ♦Q ♠J Kansil (2001) – ♥A ♣K ♦Q ♠J Parlett (south
Newmarket_(card_game)
regional ones), and the six orthodox chess pieces. The columns "BCPS", "Parlett" and "Betza" contain the notation describing how each piece moves. Italicised
List_of_fairy_chess_pieces
Vietnamese shedding-type card game
taken from the main 4-player rule sets provided by John McLeod and David Parlett. Deal 4 players 13 cards each from a standard 52-card deck. Deal and play
Tiến_lên
Card game
Switch. Bartok, Mao, Taki, and Uno add further elements to the game. David Parlett describes Crazy Eights as "not so much a game as a basic pattern of play
Crazy_Eights
Two-player card game
a cruise ship and subsequently published its rules. According to David Parlett, the game is a reworking of an old 19th-century patience called crapette
Spite_and_malice
Card used for playing various card games
1017/S0041977X00008466. S2CID 159872810 – via Cambridge University Press. Parlett, David. "Chinese Leaf Game: Did the Chinese really invent card games?"
Playing_card
The rules resemble those of Piquet and Mariage (Sixty-six), and David Parlett refers to it as a trick-and-draw version of the international classic,
Tatteln
Ancient Mesopotamian board game
them to 2,600–2,400 BC. Finkel (2007) sees them as the same game, whereas Parlett (2018) distinguishes them. "game-board | British Museum". The British Museum
Royal_Game_of_Ur
Card deck using suits of clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades
from Rouen began exporting to England around 1480. According to David Parlett, Latin-suited cards must have already been circulating in England since
French-suited_playing_cards
Card game
of As-Nas began to be challenged by gaming historians including David Parlett. What is certain, however, is that poker was popularized in the American
Poker
Trick-taking card game
It is often described as a simplified version of Euchre, although David Parlett believes it is more like "an elaboration of Rams". It has many variations
Napoleon_(card_game)
British author of books on board games (1917–2002)
games, and is acknowledged as one of 11 "principal sources" in David Parlett's The Oxford History of Board Games. He was born 1917 in Sudbury, Ontario
Robert_Charles_Bell
Splitting a deck of cards by someone other than the dealer
rules require it. Some players also consider the cut to be lucky. David Parlett says the purpose of cutting is to prevent the bottom card from being known
Cut_(cards)
PLAYING CARD KNIGHT OF DIAMONDS U+1F0DC 🃜 PLAYING CARD KNIGHT OF CLUBS Parlett 2008. "Andy's Playing Cards - page VI - The Visconti Tarots - part 4".
Knight_(playing_card)
Card game
Parlett 2008, p. 592-594. Parlett 1990, p. 5. Waddingtons 1981. Phillips & Westall 1939, pp. 193–197. Jones 1800. Arnold 2011, p. 270/271. Parlett 1990
Pontoon_(card_game)
Class of board game
has yet to bear any off. Parlett (1999), p. 58. Parlett (1999), pp. 58–87. Papahristou & Refanidis (2013), pp. 2–3. Parlett (1999), pp. 74–75 Fiske (1909)
Tables_game
Hand in card games
it is impossible for another player at the table to beat. Glossary of card game terms Flush (poker) List of poker hands Parlett (1991), p. 324. v t e
Flush_(cards)
Whitmore Jones. For example, see Parlett (1979), p. 178, in the game of Baroness. Hoffmann, Professor (1892), pp. 1–6. Parlett (1979), pp. 24–32. Cadogan (1874)
Glossary_of_solitaire_terms
Playing card game
far between, although Parlett includes it in his 1979 anthology. The following rules are based on "Tarbart" supplemented by Parlett where he differs: Algerian
Algerian_(card_game)
British weekly comic
The Comet The cover of Comet from 6 December 1952, art by Reg Parlett. Publication information Publisher J.B. Allen (1946 to 1949) Amalgamated Press (1949
The_Comet_(British_comics)
Card game
ordinary French-suited cards. Ninety-nine was created in 1967 by David Parlett; his goal was to have a good 3-player trick-taking game with simple rules
Ninety-nine (trick-taking card game)
Ninety-nine_(trick-taking_card_game)
German card game
Tarock and Schafkopf, German solo influenced the development of skat. Parlett calls it a "neat little descendant of Quadrille" and "a pleasant introduction"
German_Solo
Strategy-based board game
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 86. ISBN 0-471-24945-9. Bell (1983), p. 113. Parlett (1999), p. 49. Diagram Group (1975), p. 13. MacQuaid, Murphy (2021-05-18)
Ludo
Wales Bridge Association (1999). "The Beer Card". Retrieved 2009-02-11. Parlett, David. "The Language of Cards". www.parlettgames.uk. Retrieved September
List of playing-card nicknames
List_of_playing-card_nicknames
Programming language descended from Icon
with collaborators including Shamim Mohamed, Jafar Al Gharaibeh, Robert Parlett and others. Unicon descended from Icon and a preprocessor for Icon called
Unicon_(programming_language)
Solitaire card game
Penguin is a patience or solitaire card game, invented by David Parlett, which uses a deck of 52 playing cards. The game play is similar to solitaire
Penguin_(solitaire)
Easily countable items
"Definition of PIP". www.merriam-webster.com. 2026-01-30. Retrieved 2026-02-11. Parlett, David (1990). The Oxford Guide to Card Games. Oxford University Press
Pip_(counting)
Playing card nickname
book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) Parlett, David. "Pope Joan: The "Curse of Scotland" game". Parlett's Historic Card games. Historic Card Games
Curse_of_Scotland
Shedding-type card game
"Shithead". The Guardian. 2008-11-22. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-04-13. Parlett, David (1979). The Penguin Encyclopedia of Card Games. p. 480. ISBN 0140280324
Shithead_(card_game)
Card game
October 2022. Parlett (1987), p. 426. Parlett (1979), pp. 149–150. Kansil (1999), p. 308. Galt (1999), p. 82. Whiter (2000), p. 89. Parlett (1987), pp.
Canfield_(solitaire)
Refanidis (2013), pp. 2–3. Halliwell-Phillips (1852), p. 845. Parlett (1999), p. 58. Parlett (1999), p. 58. Murray (1941), pp. 57–69. Lalanne, Philippe (2021)
Glossary_of_tables_game_terms
Solitaire game
with a tableau of fans like that of La Belle Lucie. Invented by David Parlett, this game's objective is to compile the entire deck into one foundation
Black_Hole_(card_game)
Russian card game
President (card game) Shithead (card game) Poker (card game) Rummy (card game) Parlett 2008, pp. 465–466. "Traditional Games in Russia". Study.com. Retrieved
Durak
known as Jester.) Notable creators who worked on the comic include Reg Parlett and Roy Wilson. Wonder started out as a broadsheet, publishing 27 issues
Funny_Wonder
British sprint runner (1927–2021)
Dorothy Gladys Manley (later Hall, then Parlett; 29 April 1927 – 31 October 2021) was a British sprinter. She competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, held
Dorothy_Manley
French-German gambling card game
Belle, Fluss und Einunddreißig ("Belle, Flush and Thirty One"). Meanwhile Parlett records it as Best, Flush and Thirty-One. The following rules are taken
Belle,_Flux_et_Trente-et-Un
Hand dealt to an imaginary extra player
is won and controlled by the winner of an in-game auction. Parlett 2008, p. 643. Parlett, David (2008). The Penguin Book of Card Games. London: Penguin
Dummy_hand
Card game
2024-11-05. Parlett 2008, p. 447. Nové universum: všeobecná encyklopedie, A-Ž (in Czech). Universum. 2003. p. 880. ISBN 978-80-242-1069-8. Parlett, David (2008)
Mau-Mau_(card_game)
uncredited work of industry regulars such as Roy Wilson and George and Reg Parlett. The format of the humorous strips was to pack in as many gags and slapstick
Radio_Fun
Historical card game
encouraged. The player who led to the first trick becomes the next dealer. Parlett 2020. Dummett (1980), p. 184 Dummett (1978), p. 130. Wieland, Christoph
Karnöffel
Chess piece with non-standard movement rules
as a quadragonal. In his book The Oxford History of Board Games David Parlett used a notation to describe fairy piece movements. The move is specified
Fairy_chess_piece
Gambling card game
Sterling (1995) ISBN 0-8069-1330-4 Parlett (1990), p. 80. Parlett (1991), pp. 80–81. "Blackjack: David Parlett's history of". www.parlettgames.uk. Retrieved
Thirty-one_(card_game)
Roman board game
excavated near Colchester, has been identified by scholars such as David Parlett as possibly being an example of latrunculi. If this is true then it is
Ludus_latrunculorum
Fishing card game
(1880), p. 181. Foster (1897), p. 448. Parlett (2008), p. 405. Parlett (2008), p. 404. _ (1911), p. 198. Parlett (2008). pp. 418–419 The Penguin Book of
Cassino_(card_game)
Comic book series
Studios at an earlier point than he did for Marvelman; James Bleach, George Parlett, Frank Daniels and Leo Rawlings were among those to work on early issues
Young_Marvelman
Board game design
1895, p 72. Murray 1951, p 142. Parlett 1999, p 42. Culin 1898, pp 679-80. Culin 1907, p 33. David 1962, p 13. Parlett 1999, p 22. Culin 1895, p 72-73
Cross_and_circle_game
known as Vannak and as Kaláber, the game is a variation of Klaberjass. Parlett, David (1990). The Oxford guide to card games. Oxford [England]: Oxford
Alsós
American chemist (1929–2025)
Howard Worthington Brown Hughes Maclin Hobbs Tubman Linthicum Bond Hopkins Ridgely Sunderland Hess Werner Earp Parlett Penny Curtis Moxley Scott Miller
Edward_L._Cochran
American politician (born 1941)
Howard Worthington Brown Hughes Maclin Hobbs Tubman Linthicum Bond Hopkins Ridgely Sunderland Hess Werner Earp Parlett Penny Curtis Moxley Scott Miller
James_N._Robey
In card games, a set of matching cards
Games: Rummy Games". pagat.com. Parlett (2008), pp. 489, 496 and 518. Brown, Seth. The Little Book of Mahjong, 2018. Parlett (2008), pp. 287-291, 295-296
Meld_(cards)
Categories into which the cards of a deck are divided
Card Games at pagat.com. Retrieved 24 March 2017. Parlett, David. The Language of Cards at David Parlett Gourmet Games. Retrieved 24 March 2017. Leyden,
Playing_card_suit
British comic strip
issue of Buster on 3 January 2000. The comic was originally drawn by Reg Parlett and later continued by artists such as Jim Crocker and Sid Burgon. The
Ivor_Lott_and_Tony_Broke
19th-century French card game for two players
Philological Society (Great Britain) 1910 Oxford Dictionary of Card Games, David Parlett, pg. 16, Oxford University Press (1996) ISBN 0-19-869173-4 "Trumps" (1864)
Bezique
Card game
& Mott-Smith (2001), p. 54. Parlett (1979), p. 214. Cheney (1869), p. 2. Morehead & Mott-Smith (2001), pp. 99–100. Parlett (1979), p. 215. "Auld Lang Syne"
Sir_Tommy
Quiz game
Daubeney (1986). Everyman's word games. London: Dent. p. 67. ISBN 0460047116. Parlett, David (1982). The Penguin Book of Word Games. Penguin Books. p. 94.
Categories_(game)
Card game
players. The goal of the game is to avoid taking the last trick. David Parlett describes it as a "delightful Baltic gambling game". According to John
Cucumber_(card_game)
Written or spoken word game
You'll Ruin My "Thunderstorm"". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2007-07-10. David Parlett, Botticelli and Beyond BBC Website for I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. Try
Ghost_(game)
Irish middle-distance runner (born 1993)
(HUN) 1938: Rudolf Harbig (GER) 1946: Rune Gustafsson (SWE) 1950: John Parlett (GBR) 1954: Lajos Szentgáli (HUN) 1958: Mike Rawson (GBR) 1962: Manfred
Mark_English_(athlete)
16th-century Venetian card game
David Parlett, p. 308 ISBN 0-19-869173-4 Parlett (2008), p. 201. Dummett, Michael (1980). The Game of Tarot. London: Duckworth. pp. 355–370. Parlett, David
Trappola
Torrential downpours and brutal wind storms push starving survivalists Rylie Parlett and Kyle Oelofse to their breaking points in the Honduran jungle. 95 12
List of Naked and Afraid episodes
List_of_Naked_and_Afraid_episodes
Traditional board game for two players
known as International Chess, World Chess, Orthochess, and so on [...]" Parlett (1999), p. 276 Schmittberger, R. Wayne (1992). New Rules for Classic Games
Chess
United States historic place
rectangular openings. The block was built in 1929 to a design by Kirkham & Parlett, on what was previously the site of a laundry. The building was first owned
Morgan_Block
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