Troefcall is a

card game A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card g ...

from

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

with similarities to

belote Belote () is a 32-card, trick-taking, Ace-Ten game played primarily in France and certain European countries, namely Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Luxembourg, Moldova, North Macedonia (mainly Bitola), Bosnia and Herzegovina and also ...

and hearts, and to the Indian game

court piece Court Piece (also known as Hokm ( fa, ), Rung (Urdu:) and Rang) is a trick-taking card game similar to the card game whist in which eldest hand makes trumps after the first five cards have been dealt, and trick-play is typically stopped after o ...

of which it might be a derivative. There are competitions organized by troefcall federations in the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

(Troefcall Sportbond Nederland, TSBN) and in Suriname (Surinaamse Troefcall Bond, STcB). It is estimated that more than one hundred thousand people from both countries play this card game. Via Surinamese Dutch the card game was introduced in the Netherlands. People from all Surinamese population groups play this game. A ''tjall'' (the original name of the game) is the

trump Trump most commonly refers to: * Donald Trump (born 1946), 45th president of the United States (2017–2021) * Trump (card games), any playing card given an ad-hoc high rank Trump may also refer to: Businesses and organizations * Donald J. T ...

in the game. ''Bounie'' means the total gain, in other words 52 points (4 times 13 points). ''Kap'' (Hindi: ) is a quarter of the total number of points, in other words 13.Paul Loetawan
Geschiedenis troefcall
TSNB, 31 August 2011

References

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