The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
PAROSSO, A NEW CARD GAME.
CAME FROM CENTRAL AMERICA
ny WAY OF CALIFORNIA.

Parosso, a new card game, has worked
it's way up from Central America and from
Mexico, has invaded the United States in
the far Southwest and is marching on the
North and the East.
Parosso is a game for two, and part Of It's
charm lies in that, since good card games
for two are scarce.
Parosso seems to be a sort Of a distant
third cousin to poker, since it has it's pairs,
threes and fours Of a kind, but even those
come to us under new names and are played
and scored in a new way, It is played with
q full deck Of ffty-two cards, and while
prominently for two, it can also be played
by three or four players. If the latter, the
players do not form partnerships, but play
as individuals.
Three cards are dealt to each player,
and after these are played, another three,
and 80 or~until forty-eight cards are used,
the remaining four being left in the deck.
After receiving the frst three cards, if
either player has a pair in his hand. he SO
announces, but he does not say Il have a
pair" In the game of parosso a pair. is a
'rondo," and the player must say Il have
a -rondo," although he does not show IL,
nor does he count it until aftertthe hand is
played. He then counts as follows: A
rondo Of kings, 4 points; queens, 3; jacks, .;
any other rondo, /.
UT, II a player mas tDree CdTuS OF u klnU,
he ANNOUNCES that he holds a "rondine.
These are counted after the hands are played
out Just as are the +rondos," "Rondines"
count as follows: A rondine Of kings, -
points; queens, 0; jacks, g.. Any other
rondine, 3.
aRondos" and ~"rondines" are an
nounced before the player plays his first
card. He need not play the cards constitu-
ting them Immediately. in sequence. but
after he has played his three cards, he calls
tNn.t.a - tLa fo.t That hn hoe -1o.-eI "a
rondo or rondine, n scores the same.
The scoring is done on a slip of paper or
on a cribbage board. or the score may be
kept with ordinary poker chips, each player
having five red OF blue chips representing
senting 1 point each. The game is 81 points.
After the rondos and rondines are an
nounoed, the dealers adversary lays any
card in his hand on the table. II is then the
dealers turn. If he can play a card of the
announces -parosso," and Is said to have
"parossoed" the first card. SO also the
adversary can "parosso"a card played by
the dealer In forming a "parosso,' how
the cards forming it. "Parosso' counts as
follows: Pair Of kings. 4 points; queens,
8; lacks, 2; any other pair, 1.
If either player has formed a "parossos
and the next player can play a third card OF
the same denomination, changing the pair
into three, he forms a "counter-parosso.'
counter -parossos' count as follows; Three
kings, IL points; queens, 0; jacks, o; any
other three, 3.
II, after a aco~unter-parosso" has been
formed, the next player can add al fourth
card, making four of a kind, he forms. a
san benito." A san benito' wins the
game, no matter what the score is. ,"Paros:
sos, "counter-parossos' and san benitos"
are scored as soon as made.
In addition to points scored for +paros"
sos, counter parossos," dc the following
points are scored for playing cards I'm
place: II there are no cards on the board
and the player whose next turn it is has
an ace he can play it to the board and score
one point in place" II there be one card
on the board Of any suit or denomination
and the player has a deuce he can play it,
thus making two cards on the board and
scoring two for place II there are NO
board and the player has a three spot he
can play it, thus making three cards on the
board and scoring three for place So
IL there are three cards on the board and
making four cards on the board and scoring
-four for place. The aces, deuces, treys
and four spots are the only place cards
and score only when by playing them to
the board the number ofcards on the board
equals the pip value Of the card played.
In playing "parossos,' counter paros-
SOS, y san benitos" n cards in place
the cards are not taken up but remain lying
on the board.
If the player can score neither by pairing
nor playing cards lin place" he must play
one card from his hand on the table, scor-
ing nothing therefor, excepting, if he cannot
mike any Of the above scores, he has the
privilege Of pairing any card in his hand
pair, together with all cards, if there be any,
lying on the table running upward in
sequence from the pair taken. Thus, II
he takes a pair of skies and there be on the
table a seven, eight, nine and ten of any
suit, he may take in all Of these cards, put
the deal is finished. The sequence must be
unbroken. however; thus, in the above
instance if the nine were missing he could
take only the pair Of skies, seven and eight.
This pairing and taking the cards from the
board score nothing except in the final count
for cards"
A player cannot lay a card on the table IL
there is one Of the same denomination al
ready thereon, but must take up the pair,
unless he forms a rondo, rondine or san
benito or can count the card he plays lin
place
The last card Of a hand cannot be "psros.
seed" with the frst card of a new hand.
Each round Of six cards is played inde-
pendent of the former round.
If AT any time by pi irs ard corrected
ascending sequences a p; yer can take up
all of the cards on the table. he may count
a -limpia" Yin plain English. a sweep az
lOllOWSs III UlRnSsl CdIu dheu INC u mug,
points; queen, 8; lack, 2; ten or lower, l..
After the list forty-eight cards Of the
pack are dealt ard played there REM in
four cards. Thee four cards are CT He'd
the "tenditto." They belong to the dealer
and are laid out in a row in front OF him,
face up, before beginning the play for the
st hand. In turing them face up the
dealer must lay them in a row from light
to left or from left to right, beginning with
the top card. After they are 50 laid cut
he may trarspose the card at either or both
er DIS with the care next to it if he 80 de-
sires, but he cannot trGrspcse the two
middle cards with &c oh other. He may
then count "rondos," ~"rondipes" and "sln
benitos," using the cards in the -tenditto'
ard the cards on the ia BILE. Or il there be al
he can count SINE sin place" providing
the oe is the fl st card in the row, the deuce
third card or the four spot the fourth card,
counting from either erd. II is for the
purpose of getting the cards Sin place that
he is permitted to trsrspose the two end
cards. II there be more than one place
card" in the "tenditto," however, he can
not count from one end Of the row to score
one OF them and from the other erd Of the