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Date: 2017-09-30

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The earliest reference to the game dates to 1490 France where it was known by the name of Mécontent ("Malcontent") and was played with a standard 52-card deck.[1] The first rules appear under the name Hère in 1690[2] and as Coucou in 1721.[3] The name As Qui Court appears in the mid-19th century, but the name Coucou ("cuckoo") persisted and the game is still played in France today under that name.[a]

The game migrated to England by 1881 as Ranter-Go-Round,[4] but is now also known as Cuckoo.

Cards
The game uses a regular 52-card pack, or a smaller 32-card deck (with 2s through 6s absent) if fewer than seven are playing. Suits are not relevant; only the card ranks are important. Regardless of whether the 32 or 52 cards is used, the lowest card is always the Ace and the highest the King.

Deal
The first dealer of the game is determined by lots as agreed between the players. The dealer deals in an anti-clockwise direction starting with the player to the right, dealing one card to each opponent and three as the dealer's hand, which was an advantage.

After consulting the dealer's three-card hand, the dealer keeps the highest and puts the other two, face down, underneath the remainder of the deck (known as the talon). The talon is then placed between the dealer and the player to the right, who would become the next dealer.

At this point, all players have only one card.

Each players is also each given the same number of chips for scoring; for example, five.

Play
Players view their cards; then the eldest hand (the player to the right of the dealer) starts play.

Beginning with eldest, each player may decide to keep the card in hand if its value is thought to be high enough. In this case, the player announces: "I'm keeping", and play passes to the right. If, on the other hand, the value is considered too low, the card may be exchanged it with the neighbour to the right, announcing: "I'm exchanging". The neighbour cannot refuse the exchange, unless they are holding a King, in which case they announce (without revealing the card) "Cuckoo!" to the first player, and no exchange takes place. If the neighbour does not say "Cuckoo", the two players must exchange cards.

Each player, in turn, exchanges to the right. The last player, to the left of the dealer, does not exchange a card with the dealer, but instead with the card on top of the talon. If this card turns out to be a King, no exchange is allowed.

The dealer is obliged to keep the card selected at the outset, having taken advantage of the privilege of choosing from the initial three cards at the time of the deal.

The exchanges being thus finished, players reveal their cards and the player (or players) with the lowest card rank are the losers of the round. Each loser deposits a chip into a basket. When a player has no chips remaining, they must withdraw from the game and are eliminated. The number of players taking part in the game thus decreases as the game progressed, except in the case where all players have the same card rank.

Winning
The game ends when only one player remains in the game, all the others having been eliminated. That player wins the game and sweeps the agreed stake.

If the game is played for stakes, each player at the beginning of the game antes an agreed stake in a basket. The pool thus formed becomes the stake that the winner will win. The larger the number of players at the start of the game, the higher the amount at stake, which means that in "Cuckoo" the winner usually wins a significant amount, while each of the other participants only loses a relatively small amount.

The low financial risk and the simplicity of the game led Lebrun (1828) to classify Coucou as a "game of entertainment".[5]

Duration
The duration of the game depends partly on how quickly each deal is played and partly on how many players there are. In the literature, for example, there is mention of a game lasting three quarters of an hour.

Other names
As Qui Court
The name 'As Qui Court' ("Running Ace", lit. "the Ace that Runs") is later than Coucou and only appears in the literature around the middle of the 18th century. It is so named because the Ace, as the lowest card, is passed from hand to hand until it returns to the talon unless a King blocks it on the way.

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