Different german card games

Bridge players tend to use the French derived names Pik , Coeur , Karo and Treff for spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs respectively. Schippen and Eckstein are rarely used for spades and diamonds, though I have come across them in the Black Forest.

The most usual set of names for the suits is a mixture: Kreuz for clubs, Pik for spades, Herz for hearts and Karo for diamonds. Although the 36 card German suited pack is generally labelled Tarock, the traditional 54 card French suited Tarock pack is used in Baden for their national game Cego. The cards which are now generally known as aces were originally twos and are still occasionally called Daus Deuce.

These cards are used in Saxony and Thuringia for the national card game Skat. In Bavaria the games of Schafkopf and Watten are more popular. The Bavarian pattern is normally sold with 36 cards but the sixes are not used for these games. The composition is the same as for the 32 card pack, with the addition of a six in each suit. These cards are used for the now rare game of Bavarian Tarock and its relatives. The game itself is related to Tarot games but the pack does not have the special suit of trumps found in traditional Tarot cards.

The composition is the same as for the 32 cards pack, but with eights and sevens omitted. It is used for the two-player game Sechsundsechzig The goal is to get four of the same type of card four sixes in all the suits, for example. Each player asks another player for a card they need to make a set of four. If the player has the card, they have to hand it over. Although you can play Quartett with a standard card deck, most kids play with a special deck that features animals facts , trains, planes and automobiles, famous sports stars, etc.

These make Quartett the perfect game for learning or practicing basic German vocabulary topics. The German card game Mau-Mau is similar to Uno. Each player is dealt five to six cards. The top card of the deck is then turned over. The player can either lay down a card of the same suit or the same number—for example, a 10 of Diamonds on top of a 10 of Spades. The goal of the game is to get rid of all your cards. The points you get for the cards are as follows:. If you end up with this card at the end, you get points!

You lay down cards of the same suit and the player with the highest card takes the pile. If you really want to get into the world of German card games, then I have two words for you: Doppelkopf and Skat.

Both of these popular games can be played for hours upon hours. There are many game clubs dedicated to both and they have their own tournaments throughout Germany as well as other German-speaking countries. The game is played with 48 to 40 cards and is sometimes played with German-suited cards featuring Balls, Hearts, Leaves and Acorns rather than the standard French-suited cards most of us are used to. The rules for Doppelkopf are too complex to go through here, but the video below has a thorough description in German with English subtitles :.

Pinochle Two Player. Pitch with Fives. Pizzichino see Spizzichino. Plus-Minus Jass. Pochspiel see Poch. Podkidnoy Durak. Poker all'italiana see Italian Poker. Poker Rum see Knock Rummy. Polish Poker Four Card see Golf. Polish Poker Six Card see Golf.

Polish Red Dog. Polish Rummy see Rummy. Politaine see Quatre Sept. Polski Pachuck see Polish Red Dog. Popa Prostul see Pig. Poque see Poch. Pouilleux, Le see Old Maid. Poule see Quatre Sept. Pounce see Racing Demon. Preferans Russian. Preference Austrian. Price is Right, The Poker. Progressive Badugi. Progressive Badugi with a Buy. Progressive Rummy see Contract Rummy. Prostoy Durak. Psycho Poker. Pulle Dominoes. Punto Banco see Baccarat. Push Poker. Push Rummy. Pusoy see Chinese Poker.

Pusoy Dos see Big Two. Pyramid Poker. Quattro Scartate Tarocchi Bolognesi. Quitlok see Kvitlech. Race Horse Dominoes. Racehorse Pitch. Railroad Canasta. Ramsch see Schieberamsch. Rang see Court Piece. Ranter Go Round see Cuckoo. Rassi see Cucumber. Rat see Knock-Out Whist. Rat Screw see Egyptian Ratscrew. Red Dog High Card Pool. Red Dog In Between. Red Frog Black Frog.

Remi Indonesia. Rich Man Poor Man see President. Rickety Kate see Hearts. Ride the Bus see Scat. Robbers' Rummy see Vatikan. ROE Poker. Rois , Les see Kaiser. Roll Your Own Poker. Rook Sluff. Root Beer see President. Rough, Le see Two Hundred. Rounce Dominoes. Round the World Poker. Rovescino see Traversone. Rubber Bridge. Ruff, Le see Two Hundred. Rummoli see Tripoli. Rummy basic. Rummy Indian. Rung see Court Piece.

Ruotsalainen paskahousu. Russian Poker. Sackjass see Handjass. Samba-Canasta see Samba. San Francisco Poker. Schafkopf Bavarian. Schafkopf Deutscher. Schafkopf Palatinate. Schmier see Smear. Schnautz see Schwimmen. Schwarzer Peter see Old Maid. Scopa Bazzica. Scopa con le Scalette.

Scopa di Quindici. Screw Your Neighbor see Neighbor Games. Screw Your Neighbor see Cuckoo. Scrooge see Racing Demon. Scrounge see Knock-Out Whist. Scum see President. Second Hand High Poker. Sedma Dominoes. Sequence Poker. Setback see Pitch. Seven and a Half. Seven Card Draw Poker.

Seven Card Stud Poker. Seven Cards see Ging. Seven Hands see Court Piece. Seven Rummy see Seven Bridge. Seven Up see All Fours. Seven-card Regrets Poker. Seven-Toed Pete Dominoes. Seven-Toed Pete Race Horse. Sevens see Fan Tan. Sevens Dominoes. Shanghai Rummy see Contract Rummy. Shap Tsai see K'ap Shap. Shinkei-suijaku see Pelmanism.

SHOE Poker. Shoot Pontoon. Shutout Dominoes see Chiva. Sidi Barrani Jass. Simultaneous Solitaire. Single Dummy Bridge. Sip see Seep. Sipa Togo. Six Card Omaha poker. Six-spot Red Dog see Slippery Sam. Sixty-Six German.

Sky Nine see Tien Gow. Slippery Sam. Sluitspieren see President. Smeghead see Shithead. Snip Snap Snorum. Snoozer see Dom Pedro. Solo Crazy. Solo German. Solo Six-Bid. Sotho Casino see Casino. South African Casino see Casino. Spit in the Ocean Poker. Spite and Malice. Spoons Eights. Spoons Pig. Squeal see Racing Demon. Steal Pile see Stealing Bundles. Stitch see Polish Red Dog. Stop see Russian Bank. Stops see Michigan. Stormy Castle see Honest John. Straat-Canasta see Samba. Strassenwart see Vier-Anderle.

Streitpatience see Russian Bank. Stripped Deck Poker see card Poker. Substitution Poker. Suck the Well see Beggar My Neighbour. Sueca Italiana. Sviten Special. Svoi Kozyri Besikovich. Swazi Casino see Casino. Swedish Rummy see Crazy Eights. Sweep see Seep. Sweet Chariot Poker. Swingo Poker. Tappen Stubai see Dobbm. Tarocchi Piedicavallo. Tarocchi Sicilian. Tarocchi Bolognesi Ottocento. Tarocchino see Tarocchi Bolognesi. Tarock Stubaital see Droggn.

Tarok Danish. Tarok Romanian. Tarok Slovenian. Taroki Polish, call king. Taroki Polish, call XIX. Tarokk Hungarian. Tarokk Illustrated Hungarian. Taroky Czech. Tarot French. Tattare see Tjuv. Taxes see Beggar My Neighbour. Ten-Card Regrets Poker. Ten-Two Slide see Shithead. Terziglio see Calabresella. Texas Hold'em Poker. Texas Hold'em Bonus. Thirteen-card Brag see Crash.

Thirty Point Black Tile. Thirty-One see Scat. Thirty-One Greek. Thirty-One see Schwimmen. Three Card Poker. Three Five Eight see Sergeant Major. Three Five Seven Poker. Three in One see Tripoli. Three-Spot see Kaiser.

Thunee South African. Thuni Nigerian. Tic Tac Toe Poker. Tiddly-Wink American. Tiddly-Wink British. Tien op en neer see Oh Hell! Tile Matching Solitaire. Tile Rummy Romanian. Tjak-Ma-Tchi-Ki see Jjak-mat-chu-gi. Tod und Leben Life and Death. Tonj see Russian Bank. Touch see Russian Bank. Tournament Blackjack. Trees Poker. Tressette a non Prendere see Traversone.

Trex see Trix. Trionfino Beccaccino. Trionfo Beccaccino. Triple Draw Poker. Trips to Win 5 Card Draw Poker. Troika see Kaiser. Trouduc see President. Tru see Truc. Truc Catalonia. Truc France. Truco Argentinean. Truco Uruguayan. Truco Paulista. Truka see Truc. Trumps see Knock-Out Whist. Trut see Truc.

Tsair Deng see Ce Deng. Tsung Shap. Tunk see Tonk. Tunkhannock point Pitch. Turkish Poker. Turnover Bridge. Turtle see Golf. Tute individual. Tute americano. Tute arrastrado. Tute cabrero. Tute corriente. Tute gana-pierde. Tute habanero. Tute subastado. Twenty-One see Blackjack. Twenty-One Point Black Tile.

Twist'em Dominoes. Two Hundred and Twenty. Two plus One Poker. Ullae Veliyae see Andar Bahar.