Published card games
Post and Pair
Post and Pair is a card game released in 1579. It is played with 2 to 6 players and in about 10 minutes.
- players
- 2–6
- minutes
- 10
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The box
- Year of release
- 1579
- Also known as
- Post
About the game
Post and Pair or Post and Pare is a gambling card game that was popular in England in the 16th and 17th centuries — another name of the game was Pink. It is based on the same three-card combinations, namely prial, found in related games of this family.
It is much dependent on vying, or betting, requiring repeated staking as well as daring on the part of the players. It is considered a derivative of the game of Primero and closely resembles another game, called Put, that was as popular as Gleek and Noddy during the Tudor dynasty.Information from Marquoir’s game database, which cross-checks several open sources. Spotted a mistake? Write to us from the Contact page.