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Alpine Tarok
Tarok is a whole family of games
The cards were first made in 15th-century Italy, where the games are still called tarocchi, and from there they spread across Europe and changed on the way. The Tarok games on this site grew up in and around the Alps: in Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, South Tyrol and the Black Forest.
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Strawman
A game for two players from Tyrol, Austria, in which your hand extends to three piles with their top cards face-up.
Slovenian Tarok
A game for three or four players from Slovenia, with many contracts and a heavy penalty for losing the Moon.
Calling the Twenty
A four-player game from Austria and the one to start with, since a new Alpine Tarok deck comes presorted for it.
Calling the King
A four-player game from Austria that has every kind of contract.
Hungarian Tarokk
A four-player game from Hungary with few contracts and big bonuses.
Dappen
A game for six to eight players from the Black Forest in Germany, in which one player plays against all the others.
Alpine Tricks
Alpine Tricks
Alpine Tricks
A deck of Alpine Tricks features 4 suits (red circle, blue diamond, green square, and yellow hex) with 5 cards each (No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 10 and No. 11).
Alpine Tricks for 3 and 4 Players
With 3 players there are no teams, it's a free-for-all. With 4 players the game is played in teams of two, with partners sitting opposite each other.