Like many of the games that made their way into North America during the 1700s, the Faro card game originated in France and was a slight deviation from a popular British pub game known as basset, which King Louis XIV outlawed back in 1691. These days, though, it can be compared to the tumbleweeds found floating through the western ghost towns as it is relatively unknown and quite difficult to find. Back in the days of the Wild West when saloons were in full swing and people were battled on the streets with six-guns, the Faro card game (pronounced like the Egyptian word 'Pharaoh') was incredibly popular.
