Published card games
Reversis
Reversis is a card game released in 1601. It is played with 4 players and in about 30 minutes.
- players
- 4
- minutes
- 30
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The box
- Year of release
- 1601
- Also known as
- Réversi · Reversin
About the game
Reversis, or more rarely Réversi, is a very old trick-avoiding card game in the Hearts family. Its origin is uncertain, but it may have emerged in Italy before spreading to Spain and France. It is considered one of the two probable ancestors of Hearts, Black Lady and Black Maria, the other being Coquimbert or Coquinbert. It was very popular with the French aristocracy in the 17th and 18th centuries, and much played elsewhere, except in Britain. Initially quite simple, the game eventually developed more complex mechanics such as vast quantities of counters and a system of pools and side-payments. Its name may have possibly come from the reverse order and construction of the game itself, or even from its exceptional slam which, like "shooting the moon" in Black Lady, reverses the entire aim of the game.Information from Marquoir’s game database, which cross-checks several open sources. Spotted a mistake? Write to us from the Contact page.