Bezique
Bezique, also spelled Bézique, is a two-player trick-taking card game with historical roots in 19th-century Europe. The game is typically played with a 64-card deck formed by combining two standard 32-card packs (piquet packs) or, in some variants, a double deck. Suits and card ranks are conventional, with players aiming to win tricks while also forming and declaring melds for extra points.
A central feature of Bezique is the scoring of melds in addition to trick-taking. The most famous
Play generally proceeds with players being dealt a fixed number of cards and then taking turns playing
Bezique has several regional variants and is considered an important historical predecessor to later European two-player