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Schafkopf/Tarock

The game Schafkopf belongs to the oldest German card games and as "Bavarian Schafkopf", as it is played nowadays, it has become one of the most popular and widespread card games in Bavaria.

Tarock (Italian) or Tarot (French) is a card game which has been known since the 15^th century and comes from Italy. The original game for 4 players consists of 78 cards with Italian suits: king, queen, knight and jack followed by the cards numbered from 10 to 1 (in total 56 cards); additionally, there are 22 tarock cards with pictures and Roman numbers from I to XXI and the 22^nd card, the fool without a number.

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The origin as well as the meaning of the pictures on the Tarock cards have remained unclear until today. That is why towards the end of the 18^th century the card symbols were associated with a mystical, occultic meaning. Since then, the Tarock or Tarot cards have been used for fortune-telling. In Italy and France, however, the normal Tarock is still played. North of the Alps, the Tarot with 78 cards has been known since the middle of the 18^th century, however, with French suits (hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades) and different pictures on the 22 cards. At the beginning of the 19^th century the game is found in almost any book for playing card rules. Nowadays, the so-called Grand Tarock is played mainly in Austria; there are also versions with shortened card number, such as Cego.
The Tarock which is known in Bavaria (Haferltarock) has nothing in common with the original game except for its name. It is played with 36 cards and German suits by 3 players and it`s a game of pips and tricks.

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