Quatorze Quatorze Quatorze (the number "14" in French) is a 2+ player card game from Lebanese origin. Quatorze is played with mixed 2 standard 52-pack cards and 2–3 jokers mixed in as well. The ranking is Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, Ace. The objective of Quatorze is to have the lowest possible score and cause the each other player to reach a score of 201+. The deal alternates to the right each round with the first dealer chosen arbitrarily. The dealer shuffles the cards and the person to their left cuts the deck.
A Gamut of Games Abbott expanded his game Crossings, published here, into the more-refined title Epaminondas. Many of the games covered in the book were creations of Sid Sackson himself, who was a prolific game designer. The sections of the book and the games covered therein are as follows: "All of the games in this section use a standard pack of cards." "All of the games in this section use a checkerboard." "All of the games in this section are meant to be played with pencil and paper." A second edition of the book was published in 1982; Dover Publications released an unabridged reprint,