The Twenty-Eighth Dynasty of Kevan
16 March 2021 -
Contents
Ascension Address: Giolitti As It Is Played
Giolitti is a two-player trick-taking card game thought to have been played widely across northern Italy in the 17th and early 18th century. Despite its popularity, the culture of the game was unusually secretive in nature and little is known about its rules today, beyond the fact that it was played with a tarot deck (most likely a version of the Tarocco Bolognese) and that its trump suit may have reflected and satirised political characters of the time. Cartlesham (1912) suggests that the “Traditore” trump card, which reappears across all known versions of the game, may represent a high-ranking figure from the court of the Doge of Venice, although contemporary sources and card illustrations appear to disagree over the individual’s exact identity.
Players
The following players were active at the start of the Dynasty:
Brendan, Bucky, Clucky, Cuddlebeam, Darknight, Josh, Jumble, Kevan, pokes, Raven1207, Zack
And at the end:
TBD
Final Ruleset
Gamestate
Posts of Interest
- (This list of significant dynastic events is currently incomplete.)
Dynastic Rules
Non-dynastic changes
- Pretty Please Redux made Jumble an admin
Games of Giolitti
- Pokes vs Jumble
- Pokes vs Zack
- Clucky vs Jumble
- Bucky vs Josh
- Darknight vs Brendan
- Clucky vs Bucky
- Pokes vs Jumble
- Raven1207 vs Josh
