Talk:Conquian

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Scarne

Scarne on Card Games expresses the opinion that the game originated in the American deep South and was originally called Coon Can, and that the Spanish name Con quien? came later when the game also became popular in northern Mexico. -- unsigned by 4.232.141.244 at 22:02, 22 June 2006.

Coo-Can

Perhaps the Irish "Coo-Can" point in the Variations section should be included in a section or even short article of its own? It is far too long to submit as a single block of text, as is inevitable with bullet point format; the result is unpleasing to the eye and difficult to read and digest. It should be separated in order to allow proper structuring and organisation of its many deviations from Conquian DanielStrong52^Talk 20:04, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

I have split it off into its own subsection. But I agree, that it should rather have its own article as we surely don't want long-winding details of every variant out there cluttering this article. On the other hand an article on Coo-Can might get deleted speedily for lacking encyclopedic relevance, as I suspect this variant is very local and rather obscure to the rest of the world.

So, maybe gather two or three detailed descriptions into an article Variants of Conquian?

I don't understand what you're talking about in terms of "bullet point format [...] unpleasing to the eye and difficult to read and digest." I think for the remaining bullet point list the format is perfect as it is.

--BjKa (talk) 09:35, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

Spanish Deck

this card game is played with a spanish deck, which explains why it is played with 40 cards, since the spanish deck is numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 (the last 3 being sota, caballo and rey) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.152.247.123 (talk) 02:40, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Date controversy?

'Conquian is a card game which probably dates back to seventeenth-century Central America,[n 1] but which was popularized and extended to the United States, especially Texas, from Mexico, although this allegation is still much controversial.'
What is the controversial part? Is it the date 'seventeenth-century'. Other source I read said mid 1800s which is mid 19th century.
'Others strongly believe the game actually originated in Mexico in the mid-1800's. The latter is more believable as Conquian made it's way to America before it was ever played in England.' http://www.flashrummy.com/en/history-rummy.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by ShanghaiWu (talk • contribs) 03:56, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

It is controversial for the very fact that you stated. Many believe this while others believe that. Some sources say this and others say that. This 17th century statement is not referenced, therefore this is highly controversial. Everybody comes here and add another Xmas ball to the tree without really knowing what they're doing. The lead of this article needs to be re-written without substantiate itself on Etymology and 'believable' statements. Krenakarore ^TK 11:33, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Conquian original rules

When conquian was first created,do we have information on how does it's rules and game play look like? Is it the exact same as we know today or there might be some difference? Do keep in mind I'm asking about it's rules and how to play it,not the design or appearance of the card. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ShanghaiWu (talk • contribs) 23:56, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Melding

I suppose "melding" includes laying the meld out on the table, as in mahjong, and not keeping the status of your progress hidden in the hand as in gin rummy? Or having the option to do either, as in some other rummy variants? This should be made clear in the article. --BjKa (talk) 09:19, 13 December 2016 (UTC)