Bezique player and early expert of Six-Pack, or "Chinese" Bezique. There is some evidence that the English writers Wilkie Collins and Christina Rossetti were also enthusiasts. However, since the late nineteenth century the game has declined in popularity. A two-handed Bezique deck is a 64-card deck, consisting of the ace down to the seven of each suit doubled (i.e. the twos to sixes are stripped from two decks and the remaining cards combined), The players cut for deal, with the highest card having preference. The rank of the cards in cutting, and in play, is , , , , , ,
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