It was published by ASS playing-card company around 1930 with a special deck of 40 cards (without 8's, 9's and 10's) and since then has been included in many German card-game manuals. There is also now a local version of President under the name "Einer ist immer der Arsch".Ī pack with up to six jokers (58 cards) is used in Schleswig-Holstein for the fishing game Zwickern.Īnother fishing game Hurrikan is a variant of the Italian game Scopa. It is also used for the local versions of Rommé ( Rummy) and Canasta, which generally require multiple packs with jokers. The international 52 card pack is used in Germany as elsewhere for Bridge. Often it is played with only 40 cards, omitting the nines. This is a doubled form of the 24 card pack, used for Doppelkopf, which is popular throughout northern Germany. They are used for Sechsundsechzig (66), and the game Kujong, played in the Eifel region and across the border in Luxembourg, also uses this pack. These are sometimes known as "Scharfe Karten" (sharp cards) and consist of only A K D B 9 in each suit. Games played elsewhere with 52 cards are sometimes played with 32 cards in Germany - for example Mau-Mau (the German version of Crazy Eights) and even Poker. The same cards are used for other games, such as Schwimmen, Pochspiel, Mauscheln, Bauernstoss, Solo, Siwweschrööm, Klabberjaß and Fipsen, and for the version of Schafkopf played in the Palatinate. These are the cards used in most of the country for the German national card game Skat. 32 cards with French suitsĮach suit consists of Ace ( As), King ( König), Queen ( Dame), Jack ( Bube), 10, 9, 8, 7. It is used in Württemberg for Gaigel and for Binokel (which is similar to the American game Pinochle). The second version has sevens instead of nines (two each of A K O U 10 7 in each suit). One is a doubled version of the 24 card pack, and is used for Doppelkopf, in south-east Germany, where German suited cards are in general use. In Bavaria, Schafkopf is nowadays often played with this reduced pack. In and around Nuremberg, the 24-card Franconian or Bavarian pack is used to play Dreeg, a four-player game made up of several different sub-games based on 66. It is used for the two-player game Sechsundsechzig (66). The composition is the same as for the 32 cards pack, but with eights and sevens omitted. ![]() The game itself is related to Tarot games but the pack does not have the special suit of trumps found in traditional Tarot cards. These cards are used for the now rare game of Bavarian Tarock and its relatives. The composition is the same as for the 32 card pack, with the addition of a six in each suit. The Bavarian pattern is normally sold with 36 cards but the sixes are not used for these games. In Bavaria the games of Schafkopf and Watten are more popular. ![]() These cards are used in Saxony and Thuringia for the national card game Skat. The cards which are now generally known as aces were originally twos and are still occasionally called Daus (Deuce). 52 cards with French suits (plus jokers)Įach suit consists of Ace ( As), King ( König), Over ( Ober), Under ( Unter), 10, 9, 8, 7.The most usual set of names for the suits is a mixture: Kreuz for clubs, Pik for spades, Herz for hearts and Karo for diamonds.Īlthough the 36 card German suited pack is generally labelled Tarock, the traditional 54 card French suited Tarock pack is used in Baden for their national game Cego. Schippen and Eckstein are rarely used for spades and diamonds, though I have come across them in the Black Forest. ![]() The corresponding German names are Schippen, Herz, Eckstein and Kreuz. Bridge players tend to use the French derived names Pik, Coeur, Karo and Treff for spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs respectively. The French suits have two sets of names in German - one derived from the French suit names and one purely German set. In the north and west of Germany, German suited cards are practically unknown, and games are played with French suited cards, which come in packs of 32 cards, 24 cards or 52 cards plus jokers. Each region has its own distinctive pattern, variously available in 32, 36, 24 and 48 card forms (the 48 card pack being a doubled 24 card pack). German suited cards with suits of acorns ( Eichel), leaves ( Gras or Grün), hearts ( Herz or Rot) and bells ( Schellen) are in general use in the south and south-east (Bayern, Sachsen, Thüringen, parts of Baden-Württemberg). This short survey of German games is at present arranged according to the type of cards used.
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