Card game significant card games such as piquet, bezique, sixty-six, klaberjass, gin rummy and cribbage. Many multi-player games started as two-player games that were adapted to a greater number of players. For such adaptations a number of non-obvious choices must be made beginning with the choice of a game orientation. One way of extending a two-player game to more players is by building two teams of equal size. A common case is four players in two fixed partnerships, sitting crosswise as in whist and contract bridge. Partners sit opposite to each other and cannot see each other's hands. If communication between the
Card Players in a Rich Interior Card Players in a Rich Interior Card Players in a Rich Interior is a c. 1663 – 1665 oil on canvas painting by Pieter de Hooch, produced at the start of his time in Amsterdam and signed "P. D. HOOCH". It is now in the Louvre, whose collections it entered in 1801. It reworks a theme used in earlier works by the artist such as "Soldiers Playing Cards" (1657–1658; private collection) and "Card Players in a Bright Interior" (1658; Windsor Castle, Royal Collection) He also returned to the theme in the later "Card Players at a Table" (1670–1674; private collection).