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MUS: The
Basque Card Game |
Combining aspects of poker with the strategy of chess, team play
with multiple rounds using the signs to partners as well. This Basque card game is a lot of fun
for men and women of all ages. You too can
learn
to play mus
for your own
club tournaments.
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2011
Mus NABO Finals: Fresno,
CA
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Final
match (you can see the intensity!)
< < 1st Place:
Etienne Ybarra & Benat Inchauspe
2nd Place:
Josephine Curutchet & Etienne Jorajuria
Eskerrik asko
Fresno Basque Club
for
hosting! |
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Related link: Munduko Mus Txapelketa--Los Angeles
2010
ANNUAL DUES TO PARTICIPATE IN NABO TOURNAMENT. Each
NABO member can send a team from its own qualifying tournament to the
annual rotating tournament. For the qualifying tournament, NABO
Club members pay $10.00 for each person that participated in their
tournament; e.g., if your club has twenty players (10 teams) who
participate, then your club pays NABO $200.00. A club who has more
than 20 teams (21 teams and up) send two teams to the NABO final.
The
NABO Mus finals
tournament will follow
NABO Tournament Rules
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ORIGINS OF THE GAME.
There are varied origin theories for the game of Mus, but what
is certain is that Mus has been played for at least 200 years.
Historical documents make reference to it as a "noble game of
cards." Most investigators agree that it is of Spanish
(although one source credited its origin to the former
Austria-Hungarian Empire). The main argument is where in
Spain it originated.
Some credit the Basque country as its birthplace, while other
counter with the Spanish region of Castile. Both these
areas have a high number of players. The argument in favor
of the Basque Country are the words used in the game that are of
Basque origin (e.g., Hordago, Hamarraco ...). If the game
would have originated in Castile, why would they have imported
Basque words into the vocabulary if not because the game itself
came from the Basque Country.
From its origins to the present changes have continued, and the
game is played differently depending on the community. So
in some places the game is planned with 4 kings and 4 aces,
while elsewhere 8 and 8 respectively. The same applies to the
signs used to signal your partner about your hand. Mus in
its purest form is played in pairs, with the classic two against
two which forms the essence of the game, although there are
variants that allow participation of greater or lesser number of
players.
Source:
www.elMus.org |
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