Karnöffel
Historical card game / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karnöffel is a trick-taking card game which probably came from the upper-German language area in Europe in the first quarter of the 15th century. It first appeared listed in a municipal ordinance of Nördlingen, Bavaria, in 1426 among the games that could be lawfully played at the annual city fête.[2] This makes the game the oldest identifiable European card game in the history of playing cards with a continuous tradition of play down to the present day.[3]
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Origin | Germany |
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Type | Plain-trick |
Players | 4 |
Cards | 48 |
Deck | German |
Rank (high→low) | K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 |
Play | Clockwise |
Related games | |
Alkort • Kaiserspiel • Karniffel • Knüffeln • Styrivolt • Treikort |
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