Lansquenet
Grand Dauphin Louis plays Lansquenet at Versailles (1694) | |
| Type | Gambling |
|---|---|
| Players | 3+ |
| Skills | Chance, Counting |
| Cards | 40 |
| Deck | Italian |
| Play | Clockwise |
| Playing time | 5–10 min. |
| Chance | Easy |
| Related games | |
| Baccarat, Monte Bank, Basset, Faro | |
Lansquenet is a banking game played with cards, named after the French spelling of the German word Landsknecht ('servant of the land or country'), which refers to 15th- and 16th-century German mercenary foot soldiers; the lansquenet drum is a type of field drum used by these soldiers. It is recorded as early as 1534 by François Rabelais in Gargantua and Pantagruel.