Mitaine Archive

Of all the card games still popular in modern Canadian society, all can be classified into one of just a few categories. Doing so, you'll find the largest list appears under the heading, 'Trick-Catching Games'....

Being a French Canadian card game of little-known origins, it’s not surprising that there are so many variations in the way people play Mitaine (a.k.a. Mitts, or Mittens). You won’t find it in any stores, and very few informational texts are even available on the internet. That means that the rules of Mitaine are...

Mitaine is not your typical card game, nor does it call for your typical tactics. It falls more into the genre of fishing games than the more common melding, shedding and trick-catching varieties popular across Canada. And yet, strategically speaking, there are a lot more advantages players can gain by considering all the right...

“Mitaine” is a French word that is pronounced much like its English translation (but with the traditional French accent, of course) “Mittens”, a.k.a. Mitts. As its name implies, the game is of French-Canadian descent, but little else is known about its origins. The term “Mitten” applies to the most common scoring method in the...