Literature (card game) Literature (card game) Literature is a card game for 4 to 12 players, most commonly played with 6 or 8 players in two teams. It uses a modified version of the Western 52-playing card deck; four cards with the same face value (typically 2's or 8's) are removed, leaving 48 cards. The game is sometimes called Canadian Fish, after the similar Go Fish, or Recollection. The players are divided into two teams seated in alternating order. The 48 cards are dealt out to the players. Conceptually the 48 cards are divided into 8 half-suits, such as "low spades" or "high
Quodlibet (card game) laid all his cards out, he calls "Census!" and the first 'census' ("Volkszählung") is held. The remaining players score 10 penalty points for each card still held. The game continues. When the second player is 'out', the next census is taken. Each remaining card now costs 20 points. In the third census the player who still has hand cards receives 30 penalty points per card and must also count the packets remaining on the table. Quodlibet is played in many variations that deviate in their details from the above description. The 1888 "Meyers Konversationslexikon" describes Quodlibet as ""a card game