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Ramsch
Ramsch, formerly also called Mike in East Germany, is a card game based on the contract of the same name in the popular German card games, Skat and Schafkopf. However, thanks to its interesting mode of play it has since developed into an independent game in its own right which is only loosely based on Skat or Schafkopf.''Ramsch'' at www.allekartenspiele.de. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018 It should not be confused with the games of the Rams family – Ramsen and Ramscheln – that also go by the name ''Ramsch''.Wedekind, Frank et al. (2007). ''Werke: kritische Studienausgabe'', Vol. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand (Skat)
Skat (), historically Scat, is a three-player trick-taking card game of the ace–ten family, devised around 1810 in Altenburg in the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. It is the national game of Germany''Skat'' at www.pagat.com. Retrieved 3 Jun 2018. and, along with , it is the most popular in and and one of the most popular in the rest of |
Skat (card Game)
Skat (), historically Scat, is a three-player trick-taking card game of the ace–ten family, devised around 1810 in Altenburg in the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. It is the national game of Germany''Skat'' at www.pagat.com. Retrieved 3 Jun 2018. and, along with Doppelkopf, it is the most popular card game in Germany and Silesia and one of the most popular in the rest of Poland. A variant of 19th-century Skat was once popular in the US. John McLeod (card game researcher), John McLeod considers it one of the best and most interesting card games for three players,Keller, Thomas and Sebastian Kupferschmid, "Automatic Bidding for the Game of Skat" in ''KI 2008: Advances in Artificial Intelligence: 31st Annual German Conference on AI'', Kaiserslautern: Springer, 2008, p. 96. . and Kelbet described it as "the king of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schafkopf
Schafkopf (, lit. 'sheep's head'), also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German Trick-taking game, trick-taking card game of the ace–ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf. It is still very popular in Bavaria, where it is their national card game played by around two million people, but it also played elsewhere in Germany and in Austria. It is an official cultural asset and important part of the Altbayern, Old Bavarian and Franconian way of life. Schafkopf is a mentally demanding pastime that is considered "the supreme discipline of Bavarian card games"''Bayerische Kartenspiele: Vom Aussterben bedroht: Retten Sie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rams Family
Rams is a European trick-taking card game related to Nap and Loo, and may be played by any number of persons not exceeding nine, although five or seven make a good game. In Belgium and France, the game of Rams is also spelt Rammes or Rems, in Germany, Rams, Rammes, Ramsch, Ramschen, Ramscheln or Ramsen, in Austria, Ramsen and Ramschen, and, in America, Rounce. The basic idea is fairly constant, but scoring systems vary. It was a widespread European gambling and drinking game that is still popular today. During the 19th century, it was introduced as Rounce in America and played with a 52-card deck without any difference between simples and doubles and with no General Rounce announcement. In the modern German variety of the game, Ramscheln, the 7 is the second best trump ranking next below the ace. History Parlett describes Rams as a "nineteenth-century French, Alsatian and Belgian" pastime, representative of a "very loose-knit group of gambling and drinking games". In fact, alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramsen (card Game)
Ramsen or Ramsch is a traditional Bavarian plain-trick, card game for three to five players that is played with a 32-card German-suited pack and is suitable both for adults and for children. It is one of the Rams group of card games that are distinguished by allowing players to drop out if they think they will fail to win the required number of tricks. An unusual feature of Ramsen is the presence of four permanent trump cards that rank just below the Trump Sow (Ace). It should not be confused with the contract of ''Ramsch'' in games like Skat or Schafkopf, nor with the related game of Rams which is also called ''Ramsen''in Austria, but is played with a Piquet pack, does not have permanent trumps and has a different card ranking. History Ramsen appears to be over 200 years old, there being a reference to this "rural game" being played around 1800 in Bavaria. In an 1844 south German anthology, it is one of the card games that is "fun" and in which "one does not have to think to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schieberamsch
Schieberamsch is an unofficial contract within the popular German card games, Skat and Schafkopf, but "also makes a good game in its own right."''Schieberamsch'' at . Retrieved 25 May 2021. Schieberamsch is a variation of the unofficial Ramsch contract, in which the aim is to score as few points as possible, the difference being that, in Ramsch the skat is left untouched until the end, whereas in Schieberamsch it is passed from player to player with or without an exchange of cards. Skat Unlike the basi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramscheln
Ramscheln, also called Ramsch, is a German card game for three to five players, which is usually played for small stakes. It is a variant of Mönch and a member of the Rams group of card games characterised by allowing players to drop out of the current game if they think they will be unable to win any tricks or a minimum number of tricks. Queen / Ober > Jack / Unter > Ten > Nine > Eight > Seven. In many places, the 7 / 7 is the permanent, 2nd-highest trump and outranks all cards except for the trump Ace. Rules The following rules for Ramscheln are based on Kastner and Folkvord. The dealer antes five chips to the pot, deals five cards (3+2) to each player and to a widow in the middle of the table. The next card is turned as trumps and the rest are placed to one side and are out of play. Players now bid in order, saying whether they will "play" or "pass" or declare a "''ramsch''". Any player, in turn, may pick up the widow in exchange for his hand cards, but must then play. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Officers' Skat
Officers' Skat (''Offiziersskat''), is a trick-taking card game for two players which is based on the rules of Skat. It may be played with a German or French pack of 32 cards which, from the outset of the game, are laid out in rows both face down and face up. As in Skat, tricks are taken and card points counted to determine the winner of a round; game points are then awarded to decide the winner of a game. There are several local variations of the game, which differ mainly in the number of cards revealed or hidden and the calculation of points. Name Officers' Skat is also called Two-hand Skat (''Zweimann-Skat'' or ''Skat zu zweit''), Sailors' Skat (''Seemannsskat''), Farmers' Skat (''Bauernskat''), Robbers' Skat (''Räuberskat'') or Coachmen's Skat (''Kutscherskat'') According to Grupp (1975), the name Officers' Skat (''Offiziers-Skat'' ) came from the fact that "officers only socialised with the men when they were in the barracks, but not at the skat table, so often there wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bierskat
Bierlachs, also Bierskat, Bierscat, Lachs or Beer Skat, is a variant of Germany's national card game, Skat, in which the winner is the first to score a fixed number of points. It is predominantly played for beer in pubs and restaurants. Name The name is a corruption of ''Bierlatz''; ''latzen'' is colloquial German for "paying" e.g. a fine and alludes to the fact that the loser pays for a round of beer. at zwar-do-brackel.de. Retrieved 4 January 2019 History The game is recorded as ''Bierlachs'' or ''Lachs'' as early as 1862 where, depending on the beverage being played for, it was also referred to as ''Weinlachs'' ("Wine Round") or ''Kaffeelachs'' ("Coffee Round").Rules The following rules are based on Lehnhoff except where stated. B ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March (cards)
The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge (card game), bridge, Hearts (card game), hearts, Poker (card game), poker or rummy), but apply to a wide range of card games played with non-proprietary packs. It should not include terms solely related to casino or banking games. For glossaries that relate primarily to one game or family of similar games, see #Game-specific glossaries, Game-specific glossaries. A ; ace # The card with one pip in a pack of cards. Usually the highest card of a #suit, suit, #rank, ranking immediately above the #King, king. May also occupy the lowest rank. # Commonly refers to the #deuce, Deuce or Two in #German-suited pack, German-suited packs which don't have real Aces. Often the highest card of a suit. ; Acorns (card suit), acorns : One of the four #suit, suits in a #German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trick-taking
A trick-taking game is a card game, card- or tile-based game in which play of a ''Hand (card games), hand'' centers on a series of finite rounds or units of play, called ''tricks'', which are each evaluated to determine a winner or ''taker'' of that trick. The object of such games then may be closely tied to the number of tricks taken, as in plain-trick games such as contract bridge, whist, and Spades (card game), spades, or to the value of the cards contained in taken tricks, as in point-trick games such as pinochle, the Tarot card games, tarot family, briscola, and most evasion games like Hearts (card game), hearts. Trick-and-draw games are trick-taking games in which the players can fill up their hands after each trick. In most variants, players are free to play any card into a trick in the first phase of the game, but must ''follow suit'' as soon as the stock is depleted. Trick-avoidance games like reversis or Polignac (card game), polignac are those in which the aim is to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
