Published card games
Gnav
Masenghini, 1600
Gnav is a card game published by Masenghini in 1600. It is played with 2 to 20 players, from age 7 and in about 60 minutes.
- players
- 2–20
- minutes
- 60
- years
- 7+
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The box
- Publishers
- Masenghini, N.W. Damm & Søn (Damm), SKALK
- Year of release
- 1600
- Also known as
- Cuccù · Gnao · Gnavspil · Nutcracker
About the game
Gnav is a traditional Danish and Norwegian social game that has been played with either special cards or wooden pieces with similar motifs. Gnav packs appeared after 1820 and the game was popular until c. 1920. The game can be played by 20 or more players, and a minimum of two. Today, only the playing card version is available in Norway.
Gnav descends from the 18th century Italian card game of Cuccù, played with bespoke packs, which, in turn is based on a much older French game called Mécontent, the precursor to Coucou.Information from Marquoir’s game database, which cross-checks several open sources. Spotted a mistake? Write to us from the Contact page.