Parlett

• Parlett on the Leaf Game -- A discussion of what we know about the ancient Chinese game that purportedly led to the invention of cards (more)
• David Parlett on Noddy -- Nicely detailed description, including some history (more)
• David Parlett's reconstruction of Gleek -- (more)
• Parlett on Maw -- (more)
• Parlett on Laugh and Lie Down -- (more)
• Parlett on Reversis -- (more)
• Parlett on Karnoeffel -- (more)
• Parlett on Ombre -- (more)
• David Parlett's page on Historical Card Games -- Parlett is one of the major games researchers, with a number of books under his belt. His website is broad (and much is out of our scope), but much of this page covers period games. (more)
• Parlett on Piquet -- Goes into quite a bit of history, since this period game has more or less survived down the centuries; does not actually give the detailed rules. (more)
• Parlett on Loo -- He has several reconstructions, and is looking at a broader sweep of history; I haven't yet checked his writeup against Cotton specifically yet. (more)
• Parlett on Costly Colors -- Goes into some detail about what little we know about the game (more)
• Parlett on Penneech -- (more)
• Parlett on Losing Lodam -- (more)