player who comes closest to 31, wins the contents of the third dish. If there is a tie, forehand wins. The modern casino game of Black Jack was developed from this contract via Trente-et-Un and Vingt-et-Un. Notes References Literature Meyers Konversationslexikon of 1888 Brockhaus Konversationslexikon 1894/96 Friedrich Anton: Encyklopädie der Spiele, Leipzig, 1889 Jacques Lacombe: Encyclopédie méthodiques. Dictionnaire des jeux, p. 7 , 1800 Parlett, David (1990). The Oxford Guide to Card Games, Oxford University Press, Oxford/New York Ludovici, Carl Günther (1735). Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon aller Wissenschafften und Künste. Vol. 9 (F). Halle and Leipzig: Johann Heinrich Sedler. 17th-century card games Gambling games French card games German card games French deck card games Vying games