Euchre it was introduced by French or American prisoners of war imprisoned in Dartmoor prison during the early 19th century. Ombre is an ancestral form of Euchre. In the United States the only teaching of the game, except a few paragraphs in the late American editions of "Hoyle's Games", and of "Bonn's New Hand-Book of Games", is contained in "The Game of Euchre"; with its Laws, 32mo., Philadelphia, 1850, pp. 32, attributed to a late learned jurist. The game has declined in popularity since the 19th century, when it was widely regarded as the national card game, but it retains a
Euchre strong following in some regions like the Midwest; especially the states of Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin. It is played differently from region to region and even within regions. In Canada, the game is still very popular in Ontario and is commonly seen as a drinking game with tournaments often held by bars and community centres. The United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, Australia and New Zealand all have large followings of the game. Conventional euchre is a four-player trump game, wherein the players are paired to form two partnerships. Partners face each other from across the table so