| Famous French vying game | |
 Suit of Spades from a 28-card French-suited pack | |
| Origin | France |
|---|---|
| Type | Vying |
| Players | 3–5 |
| Cards | 28 |
Brelan (Old French: brelenc) is a famous French vying game with rapidly escalating bets from the seventeenth to nineteenth century, and hence also a name for a card player, gambler or the name of the place where the game was played.[1] The game is quite similar to the game of Bouillotte, but it is not played anymore.
- ^ Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.