Talk:Cassino (card game)

The picture
It is obvious that the game being played in the picture is not Cassino. There are 12 cards on the table; in Cassino there are initally four table cards, and there may be more if players trail, but it very, very rarely gets above eight or so. A queen is partially covering a three; in Cassino, placing a card partially covering another marks it as a "build", and a build cannot combine court and numeral cards. Finally, neither player has a face-down stack of cards so far captured, nor is there a face-down stack of cards not yet dealt. Please replace this picture by one showing the actual game described in the article. 91.105.26.197 (talk) 21:15, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I noticed that, too. I'm taking the picture away. -- bmitchelf•T•F 22:22, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

The cards used in the picture aren't a Neapolitan cards, but Bergamasche. Bergamo is a city in Lombardy, in northern Italy, and was part of Venice.

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carte_da_gioco_italiane#Carte_bergamasche — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.17.76.148 (talk) 22:46, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Classification
Cassino is not a comparing type card game. It is a fishing game! I have corrected this several times in the past but someone keeps changing it back. In comparing type games, cards are scored based on passive combinations that exist in the hand. There is no play to or from the board. Cassino is clearly a fishing game, and as the only fishing game to have achieved any popularity in English speaking countries, deserved to be recognized as such. The reference in the article to the rules at Pagat start with the very first sentence pointing out that Cassino is a fishing game! Stop changing this! --Suttkus (talk) 05:45, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

When you say, "Comparing game", do you mean "Melding games" such as Rummy or Canasta? I agree - this is not a game like Rummy. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 23:21, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Origin of the name
How did the name originate? I do not think it is named after Cassino in Italy, as I once read in a book that is a mis-spelling of "Casino" and the mis-spelling stuck. Any one who knows about this could add it to the article. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 16:08, 13 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I think it's now covered. It appears to be an English game, possibly named after the generic Italian word casino which, in those days, meant a summer house or country villa. It's the sort of game that might be played at such a place, so maybe the 'inventor' thought it was appropriate. Both spellings were used early on, but "Casino" was first. Bermicourt (talk) 21:46, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Diamond Cassino
There is a variant of this game called "Diamond Cassino", which does seem to be included in the list of variants. I am not familiar with it, but I am happy to add when I have managed to do more research into it. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 15:05, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

I believe that it is an Italo-American version of Scopa. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 19:11, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

I have now put in a little bit of information about it. I believe there are other variations than it having a forty-card pack through not using picture cards, and I can put this in when I have done more research into it - and when I might be able to add to it in rather more beautiful literary style. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 14:36, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Another variant
This does not seem to refer to the variant called "Tablanette". This is quite a popular variant of the Cassino game where people have six cards each and get points for having jacks. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 19:36, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

OK - I have tried to add a little about this name, and may add more when I am really familiar with it. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 19:23, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

I wish to add south african 40 card variant of cassino is popolar in south  africa Sanelerhoo (talk) 10:45, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Details/Variant
I am under the impression that sweeps are only scored in three and four person games, and play is typically to 25, but occasionally 50 or 100. I'm fairly sure this is according to Hoyle too. We used to allow build modification with a card from the table, but I'm fairly sure this practice was in error (not in Hoyle). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.215.165.35 (talk) 05:14, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

South african cassino
South african Cassino is a variant of Cassino which is similar to standard Cassino, but it is not played with the picture cards(KQJ and Jokes).it is common played in Prisons and is liked by gangsters and tarven or pub goers. It is, therefore, played with a forty-card pack(. Players are dealt Ten cards each,In Two hands the other remaining 20 card are temporarily put aside for Next round.Cards are not dealt to the table centre face up like other cassinos.The first player  to  play is a player recieved his first card.He/she open the game by trailing  up a card

It has 11 points. In this game points are calculated as, each ace(A♠️♥️♦️♣️) receive  1 point, Two of Spades(2♠️) recieve a 1 point,Ten of diamonds(10♦️)  receive  2 points,6 card with Spades(+5♠️) recieve 3 points and player(parners) with more cards receive  1 point.

Two hands In First round the player with the building is not permitted  trail(discard card face up)unless building  is taken out or rebuild  in it,but in second round  the player  with the building  can trail...

In Three hands Each players are dealt with 13 card each the remaining card is deal in the centre faced up.A player with building can not trailing

In Four Hands(partners) A player with a building can trail... A partner is permitted to build on partners building. Sanelerhoo (talk) 10:35, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

How to edit grammer and spelling? Sanelerhoo (talk) 10:51, 9 December 2020 (UTC)


 * This is interesting, but unless it is cited we can't include it. Try contacting pagat.com instead. Bermicourt (talk) 12:23, 11 May 2023 (UTC)