Troefcall is a

card game A card game is any game that uses playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, whether the cards are of a traditional design or specifically created for the game (proprietary). Countless card games exist, including famil ...

from

Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...

with similarities to

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 Mac ...

and hearts, and to the Indian game court piece of which it might be a derivative. There are competitions organized by troefcall federations in the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

(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

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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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