Tag: puzzles
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History of Board Games, Playing Cards, and Puzzles
The first reference to twenty-one, the precursor of blackjack is found in a book by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. Cervantes was a gambler, and the main characters of his tale Rinconete y Cortadillo are cheats proficient at playing ventiuna (twenty-one). In this way Playing cards and card playing invaded daily life, influenced society…