Bezique Bezique Bezique () or Bésigue () is a 19th-century French melding and trick-taking card game for two players. The game is derived from Piquet, possibly via Marriage (Sixty-six) and Briscan, with additional scoring features, notably the peculiar liaison of the and that is also a feature of Pinochle, Binokel, and similarly named games that vary by country. Bezique was developed in France from the game Piquet, although the word Bezique, formerly "Bésique" or "Bésigue", was known in France in the 17th century, coming probably from the Italian card game Bazzica. The word "bezique" once meant "correspondence" or "association". In English-speaking
Mariage (card game) Belote. Bezique and its variants, Binokel and Pinochle, are further examples of popular games in the King–Queen or marriage family. This card game should not be confused with Nepalese card game marriage. As "Mariagenspiel" (German for " game", using the original French word for marriage rather than the German word, "Heiraten"), the game was first described in a 1715 ladies' encyclopedia printed in Leipzig. The game's entry said that the game was popular among ladies, and the entry for "playing card" listed " first among nine card games played with the German pack. Despite the marriage theme, the Queen was