Tippen, also known as Dreiblatt, Dreikart, Drei Karten, Dreekort, Kleinpréférence or Labet, is an historical
German
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3-card,
plain-trick game
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which was popular as a gambling game for three or more players. The Danish version of the game was known as
Trekort and more elaborate Swedish variants include
Knack and
Köpknack. It appears to be related to the English game of
Three-Card Loo. It was banned as a gambling game in some places.
History and etymology
The game was described in 19th century anthologies and encyclopedias but appears related to 3-card
Loo, which was already described in the 18th century. In some locations the game was illegal.
Dreiblatt is recorded as early as 1807 as a gambling game in which players received three cards, and Tippen is mentioned in 1790 as a gambling game similar to
Grobhäusern
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and
Trischak. In 1810 it is briefly described as follows: "Tippen... each of the participants in the game is
dealt 3 cards, after which
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is then turned, with which he must be able to take at least one
trick
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if he enters the game in order to win a part of the
stakes;
he game is namedfrom the fact that a player who wants to play in the game indicates this by tapping his finger on the table." In 1816, Tippen is included in a list of German card games, but the earliest description of the rules appears in 1821 in ''Das neue Königliche l'Hombre'' as Drei Karten ("Three Cards") along with a variant called Loup or Wolf (''loup'' being French word "wolf"), described
below
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[_ (1821), p. 347] Several early 19th century sources affirm that Dreiblatt and Tippen were the same game.
By 1836 it had reached
Mecklenburg
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where it was played by the lower classes exclusively with
French-suited cards
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alongside
Schafskopf,
Fünfkart
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and
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, the