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Encyclopedia Britannica



NAPOLEON

This article appears in Volume V19, Page 216 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NAN-NEW
NAPOLEON , a round game of
cards
  (known colloquially as " Nap "). Any number may play. The
cards
  rank as at
whist
 , and five are dealt to each player. The deal being completed, the player to the dealer's left looks at his hand and declares how many tricks he would play to win against all the rest, the usual
rule
  being that more than one must be declared; in default of declaring he says " I pass," and the next player has a similar
option
  of either declaring to make more tricks or passing, and so on all round. A declaration of five tricks is called " going Nap." The player who declares to make most has to try to make them, and the others, but without consultation, to prevent him. The declaring hand has the first lead, and the first card he leads makes the trump suit. The players, in rotation, must follow suit if able. If the declarer succeeds in making at least the number of tricks he stood for he wins whatever stakes are played for; if not he loses. If the player declaring Nap wins he receives
double
  stakes all round; if he loses he only pays single stakes all round. Sometimes, however, a player is allowed to go "
Wellington
  " over " Nap," and even "
Blucher
 " over"
Wellington
 ." In these cases the caller of " Wellington " wins four times the stake and loses twice the stake, the caller of "
Blucher
  " receives six times and loses three times the stake. Sometimes a player is allowed to declare misere, i.e. no tricks. This ranks, as a declaration, between three and four, but the player pays a
double
  stake on three, if he wins a
trick
 , and receives a single on three if he takes none.


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