» For other uses see Piquet (disambiguation) Piquet's a trick-taking card game for two players. Pronounced "pee-kay" in France, it's usually pronounced "picket" in English speaking countries. History Piquet's one of the oldest card games still being played. It originated over 500 years ago, with a written reference dating back to at least 1534, in Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais. Legend attributes the game's creation to Stephen de Vignoles, a knight in the reign of Charles VII. Until the… (More on Piquet)