Faro Website Re-launch!

For those of you who know, I have a strange attraction to the 19th century gambling game called faro. Myself and some friend stumbled upon it somehow. For about 2 years I was obsessed with finding every piece of information I could on it and I decided to make a website based on it because the websites about it were mostly news articles and talked about it but didn't go into detail on what it was about. I also accumulated a lot of info about it and I needed to let it out somehow. Faro was huge in America and now it was gone, hardly anyone knew what it was.When I took a web design class as an undergrad, I decided that part of my project was to get that information out there. It was a success and I passed my class. But I thought that it needed to be out there permanently, it needed to be accessible to the web, and my friend Tim (who is a genius when it comes to tech) and I put hours of work making the site. Then, I dropped it for some reason. Like there was an unwillingness to commit to purchasing the domain and working it and all that.

So it sat for years.

Then one day, I was backing my files up and I came across the files on my old cranky laptop for the website and looked at it again and realized that the site just needed some updating and it was ready to go. So Tim and I worked on the details and found a free hosting server and put it out on the web fer-reals in 2013.

Then it sat there some more.

I would reference it in my resume and all and promote it but it was a static site and that was that. Then in October 2014 the web hosts serves went offline and to date, have not been back up. I wanted to get the website back up on the web since it was something I worked very hard on and I think it is unique. Once I had some time, I bit the bullet, bought a domain, and using Google Sites, I remade the site and now it sits ready to be digested by the user at

Real Deal Faro

I chose a mahogany background, green felt playing top text boxes, burgundy secondary boxes, and brassy gold accent theme to the site, much akin to the skinning dens and plush parlors that the game was played in back in the day. The atmosphere of the site enhances the feel and spirit of the game. I talk about its history, how to play, terms, how to build a layout and case counter, stories told about faro, and a bit about myself. I hope you get a chance to look it over and learn something about the game. 

Real Deal Faro