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Culture ·
How to teach children to play cards
Start with simple games, let them win now and then, and make counting fun. Here are some ideas for introducing little ones to the Spanish deck.
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Playing cards ·
How Spanish playing cards travelled to the Americas
Playing cards crossed the Atlantic on the earliest voyages, and the Spanish deck was used across the Americas. Here’s how the cards arrived and the mark they left.
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Probability and chance ·
Luck or skill? What matters more in card games
Luck rules a single hand; skill wins out over a hundred games. Here’s how chance and skill balance out in games played with a Spanish deck.
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Probability and chance ·
What is card counting in Spanish-pack card games?
Card counting means keeping track of what has been played to work out what is left. We explain how to do it in Brisca (Spanish Briscola), Tute (a Spanish trick-taking game) or Guiñote (a Spanish trick-taking game), and why it is good play, not cheating.
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Spanish history and leisure ·
Pastimes that have disappeared in Spain
Village open-air cinemas, paper cut-outs, table football on every corner, phone boxes… We look back at pastimes that have all but disappeared and why they fell out of fashion.
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