Tabletop games
Quinze
Quinze is a tabletop game. It is played with 2 to 6 players and in about 25 minutes.
- players
- 2–6
- minutes
- 25
This game’s rules aren’t on Marquoir yet: keep the ones from the box. Marquoir keeps score, times your games and records them.
About the game
Quinze or quince, also known as ace-low, is a 17th-century French banking game of Spanish origin that was much patronized in some parts of Europe. It is considered a forerunner of the French vingt-et-un, a game very popular at the court of Louis XV, and also a two-player simplification of the modern game of blackjack.
Francis Willughby records a game called Hannikin Canst Abide It which appears to be an English version of quinze.Information from Marquoir’s game database, which cross-checks several open sources. Spotted a mistake? Write to us from the Contact page.