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Klaberjass
Klaberjass () or Bela is a trick-taking ace–ten card game that is most popular in Germans, German communities. In its basic form it is a 9-card trick-and-draw game for two players using a 32-card piquet pack. As in other point-trick games of the King–queen card games, king–queen group, players can score points for the "marriage" (''bela'') of king and queen of trumps. The distinguishing feature of Klaberjass is that the jack (''Jass'') and nine (''Manille'') of trumps are elevated to the highest ranks and highest card point scores. History and naming The game originates from the Low Countries and is recorded as early as 1730 as klaverjassen, "a type of card game in Holland". An early form was first described in an 1821 Dutch book under a name that translates as ''klaver Jas'', ''Jas'' being Dutch for ''Jack''. Klaberjass has spawned the Jack–nine card games, jack–nine family of card games, which consists mostly of four-player elaborations of the original game. In add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belote
Belote () is a 32-card, trick-taking, ace–ten game played primarily in France and certain European countries, namely Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia (country), Georgia (mainly Guria), Greece, Luxembourg, Moldova, North Macedonia, Macedonia (mainly Bitola), Bosnia and Herzegovina and also in Saudi Arabia and Tunisia. It is one of the most popular card games in those countries, and the national card game of France, both casually and in gambling. It appeared around 1900 in France, and is a close relative of both Klaberjass (also known as bela) and klaverjas. Closely related games are played throughout the world. Definitive rules of the game were first published in French in 1921. Within the game's terminology, ''belote'' is used to designate a pair of a King (playing card), king and a Queen (playing card), queen of a trump suit, possibly yielding the game's name itself. Variations on the game include #Belot, belot in eastern Europe, baloot in Saudi Arabia, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaverjas
Klaverjas () or Klaverjassen () is a Dutch four-player trick-taking card game that uses a Piquet pack of 32 playing cards. It is closely related to the game of Klaberjass (also known as Bela) and is one of the most popular card games in the Netherlands, traditionally played in cafes and social clubs. It offers a considerable level of complexity and depth. It has numerous variants, but its basic rules are universal. History The name dates to 1890–95 from the Dutch word ''klaverjas'', combining ''klaver'' (the suit of clubs, literally "clover") plus ''jas'', the original name for the highest trump card.Random House Unabridged Dictionary 200 at Dictionary.com According to Scarne,John Scarne ''Scarne on Card Games: How to Play and Win at Poker, Pinochle, Blackjack, Gin and Other Popular Card Games'' pg. 414 Dover Publications (2004) its origin has been variously claimed by the Dutch, Swiss, French, and Hungarians. Parlett unequivocally states that its family of games originated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatteln
Tatteln, also called Franzefuß and Därde, is an historical card game for two players that is played with a pack of 32 French playing cards, French or German playing cards.Ulmann (1890), p. 187–189. The rules resemble those of Piquet and Mariage (Sixty-six (card game), Sixty-six), and David Parlett refers to it as a trick-and-draw version of the international classic, two-hander, Klaberjass. Names Tatteln went under a wide variety of names including Tärtel,Krämer (1965), pp. 121-123. Törteln,Parlett (1991), p. 296. Tertelé, Franzefuß, Frantsfuus,Jørgensen (1801), pp. 111 ff.Jørgensen (1802), p. 111 ff. Därdechen, Därde, Därdel and Derdeln. History Recorded as early as 1801 in Hamburg, as well as in Denmark as ''Frantsfuus-Spillet'', the rules of ''Tatteln'' were also published in Austria in 1829 and, as ''Tattelnspiel'', in Germany in 1830. According to the ''Oeconomische Encyclopädie'', by 1858 it had become "a very popular game in Austria, although it bears no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jass Group
Jass ()David Parlett ''The Oxford guide to card games'', pg. 292-293, David Parlett (1990) is a family of trick-taking game, trick taking, ace–ten card games and, in its key forms, a distinctive branch of the Marriage group, marriage family. It is popular in its native Switzerland as well as the rest of the Alemannic German-speaking area of Europe, Italian South Tyrol and in a few places in Wisconsin, Ohio, California, Oregon and Washington USA. The most common variant of Jass is Schieber (in Vorarlberg also known as ''Krüzjass''), which is played by two teams of two players each. It is often considered Switzerland's national card game, and is so popular there that the Swiss have come to apply the name Jass to trick-taking card games in general. It is estimated that there are over 70 variants of Jass. The game is so widespread in Switzerland that it is regularly featured on radio and television, for example, radio programmes by SRF1 and the weekly television programmes of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piquet Pack
A Piquet pack or, less commonly, a Piquet deck, is a pack of 32 French suited cards that is used for a wide range of card games. The name derives from the game of Piquet which was commonly played in Britain and Europe until the 20th century and is still occasionally played by connoisseurs. In the Netherlands it is referred to as a Jass pack, a term derived from games of the Jass type. Also referred to as Piquet cards, Piquet packs are still produced as standard packs of cards today, especially in Europe, for example to play the German national game of Skat (card game), Skat. A Piquet pack also may be Stripped deck, formed from a standard 52-card French pack by simply removing the Deuce (playing card), Deuces, Trey (playing card), Treys, Fours, Fives and Sixes. History The French Piquet pack originally comprised 36 cards, but was reduced to 32 cards around 1700. The 36-card packs continued to be produced in France until at least 1775, but thereafter became extinct. It is known th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarabish
Tarabish, also known by its slang term ''bish'', is a Canadian trick-taking card game of complex rules derived from belote, a game of the Jass family. The name is pronounced "tar-bish", despite the spelling. It is played primarily by the people of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, in Canada, where, according to one source, it was brought in 1901 by a Lebanese immigrant George Shebib. On the other hand, following comprehensive research Kennedy (1996) states that opinions as to its origin vary and that no "definitive roots may ever be determined." Object The game is over when one or both teams accumulate 500 points or more. Points are counted at the end of each hand and both teams always count their points. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. The deck A tarabish deck consists of a normal English pattern deck of playing cards with the 2 through 5 of each suit removed. In preparation for the hand the dealer shuffles the cards in the usual manner. When finished the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jass
Jass ()David Parlett ''The Oxford guide to card games'', pg. 292-293, David Parlett (1990) is a family of trick taking, ace–ten card games and, in its key forms, a distinctive branch of the marriage family. It is popular in its native Switzerland as well as the rest of the Alemannic German-speaking area of Europe, Italian South Tyrol and in a few places in Wisconsin, Ohio, California, Oregon and Washington USA. The most common variant of Jass is Schieber (in Vorarlberg also known as ''Krüzjass''), which is played by two teams of two players each. It is often considered Switzerland's national card game, and is so popular there that the Swiss have come to apply the name Jass to trick-taking card games in general. It is estimated that there are over 70 variants of Jass. The game is so widespread in Switzerland that it is regularly featured on radio and television, for example, radio programmes by SRF1 and the weekly television programmes of ''Donnschtig Jass'' ("Thursday Jas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low Countries
The Low Countries (; ), historically also known as the Netherlands (), is a coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower Drainage basin, basin of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and consisting today of the three modern "Benelux" countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (, which is singular). Geographically and historically, the area can also include parts of France (such as Nord (French department), Nord and Pas-de-Calais) and the Germany, German regions of East Frisia, Geldern, Guelders and Cleves. During the Middle Ages, the Low Countries were divided into numerous semi-independent principalities. Historically, the regions without access to the sea linked themselves politically and economically to those with access to form various unions of ports and hinterland, stretching inland as far as parts of the German Rhineland. Because of this, nowadays not only physically low-altitude areas, but also some hilly or elevated regions are considered part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Card Games Introduced In The 1820s
Card or The Card may refer to: Common uses * Plastic cards of various types: **Bank card **Credit card **Debit card **Payment card * Playing card, used in games * Printed circuit board, or card * Greeting card, given on special occasions Arts and entertainment * ''The Card'', a 1911 novel by Arnold Bennett ** The Card (1922 film), ''The Card'' (1922 film), based on the novel ** The Card (1952 film), ''The Card'' (1952 film), based on the novel ** The Card (musical), ''The Card'' (musical), 1973, based on the novel * ''The Card'', a 2012 novel by Graham Rawle * The Card (The Twilight Zone), "The Card" (''The Twilight Zone''), a TV episode * "The Card", an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants (season 6), ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (season 6) Businesses and organisations * American Committee for Devastated France (''Comité Américain pour les Régions Dévastées de France''), a group of American women in France after * Campaign Against Racial Discrimination, a British organization, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total land area of Germany, and with over 13.08 million inhabitants, it is the list of German states by population, second most populous German state, behind only North Rhine-Westphalia; however, due to its large land area, its population density is list of German states by population density, below the German average. Major cities include Munich (its capital and List of cities in Bavaria by population, largest city, which is also the list of cities in Germany by population, third largest city in Germany), Nuremberg, and Augsburg. The history of Bavaria includes its earliest settlement by Iron Age Celts, Celtic tribes, followed by the conquests of the Roman Empire in the 1st century BC, when the territory was incorporated into the provinces of Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
