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Message: [QUOTE="Egon Towst, post: 474268, member: 11768"] Pai Gow was my first thought also. However, isn`t Pai Gow traditionally played with tiles rather than cards, as in some other Chinese and East European card-game equivalents ? I`m dredging my memory for dimly remembered stuff I`ve read in books. I`m certainly no expert on this, but I suspect the card variant is modern. Would it have existed at the time that Jaziya`s grandsire played, nearly a century ago ? Can`t think of another card game with initials P.G., though. Edit: I should have read your link first, Chris. It pretty much confirms that the modern version (with cards) of Pai Gow was invented after the period Jaziya mentions. Dunno, then. [/QUOTE]