CARTOMANCY - PLAYING CARDS - GAME OF LANSQUENET. Lansquenet is an early form of Pharo, and seems to be a game played in military encampments and by soldiers. This late 15th century woodcut, by Antony of Worms, represents two Lanzen Knecht playing this game for money. Reproduced by Samuel Weller Singer, Researches into the History of Playing Cards, 1816.