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Card games in Morocco

This page is part of the National and Regional Card Games Index of the Card Games Web Site.

The 40-card Spanish-suited pack is used.

The most popular game is Ronda, a simple fishing game for two or four players (in partnership), in which three cards are dealt to each player, and capture is only of sequences. Ronda was already briefly described to in 1908, by Xavier Lecureul, in "Quelques jeux au Maroc", Revue du Monde Musulman, vol. VI, n° IX, septembre 1908, p. 136-142.

Other card games are

• Sotta ("woman", i.e. Spanish sota - the lowest court card), a kind of coarse Strip Poker,
• Ch'kamba (also described in 1908), a simple Ace-Ten "play-and-draw" game,
• Venta ("sale"),
• Solo,
• Nouffi,
• Tres ("three"),
• El Bazga ("the soaked one") - this might possibly be a version of Bezique, since the name is somewhat similar.

(From notes sent by Houssa Yakobi and edited by Thierry Depaulis.)

The World Casino Directory includes a listing of Casinos in Morocco.