Which card game variant takes its name from the French for ‘railway’?
Baccarat (card game) cards drawn, which pays 40-to-1 instead of pushing, and "Panda 8", a bet on the player to total 8 points with three cards drawn, which pays 25-to-1. "Chemin de fer" is a version which first appeared in the late 19th century. Its name, which is the French term for "railway", comes from the version being quicker than the original game, the railway being at that time the fastest means of transport. It is still the most popular version in France. Six decks of cards are used, shuffled together. Players are seated in random order, typically around an oval table; discarded
Réunion (card game) cultural influence in the early years of the century. Despite the game's French name, it does not appear in the French game anthologies of the time, and the card-point schedule is more similar to German or Dutch games than to French games. Parlett calls it an "18th-century Rhenish game". More recently the rules of Reunion have appeared in the book of card game rules by card manufacturers, ASS Altenburger, and in Parlett's "Penguin Book of Card Games", which points out that a variant, Harjan, is still played in Norway. Aces are high. The Jack (or Unter) of trumps is elevated