 "Game of coon-can in store near Reserve, Louisiana", 1938; photo by Russell Lee | |
| Origin | Mexico |
|---|---|
| Alternative names | Coon can, Colonel |
| Type | Matching |
| Players | 2–6 |
| Skills | Strategy |
| Cards | 40 |
| Deck | Spanish |
| Play | Clockwise |
| Playing time | 20 minutes |
| Chance | Medium |
| Related games | |
| Canasta • Desmoche | |
Conquian, Coon Can 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 rummy.[1] Before the appearance of gin rummy, it was described as "an excellent game for two players, quite different from any other in its principles and requiring very close attention and a good memory to play it well".[2]