 French piquet deck used for manille | |
| Origin | France |
|---|---|
| Type | Trick-taking |
| Players | 4 |
| Cards | 32 |
| Deck | Piquet deck |
| Rank (high→low) | 10 A K Q J 9 8 7 |
| Play | Counter-clockwise |
| Playing time | 15 min. |
| Related games | |
| Malilla • Manilla | |
Manille (French pronunciation: [manij]; derived from the Spanish and Catalan manilla) is a Catalan French trick-taking card game which uses a 32 card deck. It spread to the rest of France in the early 20th century, but was subsequently checked and reversed by the expansion of belote.[1] It is still popular in France (primarily the north and south-west) and the western part of Belgium.
The game is played with a 32-card piquet deck. It is usually played by four players in two partnerships, but variants with two or three players also exist.
- ^ Dictionary of Card Games, David Parlett, pg. 151 - Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-869173-4