It spread to the rest of France in the early 20th century, but was subsequently checked and reversed by the expansion of belote.

[1] It is still popular in France (primarily the north and south-west) and the western part of Belgium.

No trump (known as en voiture in French) also means that the points are doubled at the end of the deal.

The dealer can also announce "opposite" (en face) and let his partner choose the trump suit.

If they can't, they can win the hand by playing a trump card or if they can't follow suit or trump, they must discard a card and obligatorily lose the hand.

The game typically ends in one of three ways A more popular variety allowing spoken communication between partners, as the name implies but what may be said is subject to stringent rules.

Question and answer must be succinct, explicit, intelligible to the opponents, and not replaced or accompanied by any non-verbal conventions.

The amount won by the declarer from each opponent if successful, or paid to each if not, varies with the number of cards exchanged.

Remove as many sevens as necessary to enable every player to receive the same number of cards.

A bid states the number of points the bidder undertakes to make in exchange for choosing trumps.

In some circles, the score is doubled if the bidder undertakes to win every trick, or plays without exchanging.

In 3-player manille the dealer deals out 10 cards to all players and puts the last 2 face down on the table.