Often confused with the Tarots for cartomancy and fortune-telling, the Tarot has its origins in Italy ("tarocco"). The game was introduced in France in the 16th century and played with the Italian-suited Tarot of Marseilles, with Renaissance allegorical images. 

The rules were aligned, and the design was simplified during the 19th century, introducing the French-suited Tarot Nouveau (also called French Tarot) by Grimaud, presenting depictions of typical fin de siècle genre scenes of French life and leisure to replace the historical and symbolic ones.

The French Federation of Tarot (F.F.T), created in 1973, established a unique rule, applied both for official championships and friendly games, promoting the diffusion of the game to players of different ages and levels throughout France.

Tarot is a trick-taking card game that shares some rules with Belote but also with Rummy and Canasta, making Tarot the mother of all current card games!

Despite being a strategic game requiring memory, psychology, and attention, Tarot guarantees players a friendly moment together, full of excitement and spectacular turns of events.

In this FAQ section, you'll find everything there is to know about this fascinating 500-year-old game.

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