19th century card games: beggar-thy-neighbour http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/historical-fiction/threads/48280 Twilight7fire Okay, just a quick question, I hope anyone knows. I've found that beggar-thy-neighbour was known and played in Britain from at least mid-Victorian era onwards, maybe even earlier. But was it also known/played in the USA? Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:11:34 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/historical-fiction/threads/48280?page=1#forum_thread_comment_992022 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/historical-fiction/threads/48280?page=1#forum_thread_comment_992022 Artaxiad Prescott It looks like it's similar to a game we play called Egyptian Rat Race, which seems to be of unknown age. I'd say that if you have at least one British "uncle" or card-player in one character's past, then it's possible for a card game with similar rules to be within the repertoire of your cast. As far as I know, however, it was never widespread like, say, faro. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:40:06 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/historical-fiction/threads/48280?page=1#forum_thread_comment_993091 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/historical-fiction/threads/48280?page=1#forum_thread_comment_993091 Twilight7fire Thank you for commenting, that was very helpful. :) Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:43:57 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/historical-fiction/threads/48280?page=1#forum_thread_comment_993342 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/historical-fiction/threads/48280?page=1#forum_thread_comment_993342