Thursday, May 15, 2008

MUS - (s-s moment..)

was too bored yesterday after lab.. so decided to the the ss thing ever.. google my own name -- MUS


and guess what...
on wikipedia
i'm a freaking card game!!!!

Mus (card game)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mus is a popular Spanish card game originating from the Navarre and Basque regions in Spain. From there it spread all over the country, where it is now the most played card game, spawning countless Mus clubs or peñas and becoming a staple game among college students. It is highly regarded, being considered by many as one of the finest card games. The origin of the name is unknown but is not Basque; according to the Catalan etymologist Corominas it derives from French mouche ("fly").[1]

It is played (normally in two pairs) with the Spanish deck which is a deck of 40 cards (without eights or nines), and it has a variety of different rules in the d

ifferent regions of Spain. The gam

e has four rounds:

· Grande (Biggest): playing for the highest combination of cards.

·Pequeña or Chica (Smallest): playing fo

r the lowest combination of cards.

· Pares (Pairs): playing for the best matching card combination.

·Juego (Game): playing for cards total value

s of 31 or more. Sometimes replaced by a Punto (Point) special round.

It has a distinctive feature in that signals (señas) between players are an accepted part of the game.

Basque emigrants carried the game to other countries. Now

adays there is an international Mus tournament, apart from many national

and regional ones.

check out the cards.. daggers and

gold coins and check out

the trophy for 'mus' tournament.. awesome!!

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