Template:Did you know nominations/Spitzeln

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:30, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

Spitzeln

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• ... that although Spitzeln was also called German l'Hombre, it had little more in common with the most successful card game ever invented than the fact that it was played by three players?
  Source: "Man nennt diese Soloart auch deutsch L'Hombre, aber sehr uneigentlich, da es mit dem L'Hombre wenig mehr als den Umstand gemein hat, daß hier wie dort drei Personen spielen;" (Von Alvensleben, L. (1853). Encyklopädie der Spiele, Otto Wigand, Leipzig, pp. 527 ff.) and "... Ombre or l'Hombre. This game is comparatively little played today, but, in its time, was the most successful card game ever invented..." (Dummett, Sir Michael (1980). The game of Tarot, p. 173.)
  • ALT1:... that ...?

• Reviewed: Cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Created by Bermicourt (talk). Self-nominated at 13:45, 26 July 2019 (UTC).

• The article is long enough and new enough. I assume good faith on the references that I can't access and that there are no copyright violations. A QPQ has been completed. SL93 (talk) 00:00, 19 August 2019 (UTC)