Manille

Manille
French piquet deck used for manille
OriginFrance
TypeTrick-taking
Players4
Cards32
DeckPiquet deck
Rank (high→low)10 A K Q J 9 8 7
PlayCounter-clockwise
Playing time15 min.
Related games
Malilla  Manilla

Manille (French pronunciation: [manij]; derived from the Spanish and Catalan manilla) is a Catalan French trick-taking card game which uses a 32 card deck. It spread to the rest of France in the early 20th century, but was subsequently checked and reversed by the expansion of belote. It is still popular in France (primarily the north and south-west) and the western part of Belgium.

The game is played with a 32-card piquet deck. It is usually played by four players in two partnerships, but variants with two or three players also exist.