Quodlibet (card game)

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Quodlibet ( Latin : what is popular) is a traditional color student card game .

The rules

General

Quodlibet is played by four people with a package of 32 sheets of double German cards .

A game of Quodlibet consists of three wheels of four tours (games) each . Quodlibet is against played clockwise, it is a trick game with color compulsion , but there is no trump suit .

The divider is called the beer king at Quodlibet . The first beer king deals eight cards to each player, picks up his hand, chooses a game from the first wheel (see below) and plays his first card. When the first game is over, the player sitting on the right becomes the next beer king; he can now choose a game from the remaining three games, and so on.

After finishing each wheel, the player with the most bad points becomes the new beer king and can choose the first game. Whoever has the fewest bad points in the end is the winner.

The individual tours

The first bike

plus

Every trick not taken is worth ten points; If a player does not take a trick, he writes 100 points - these are noted with the Roman numeral C.

minus

Each trick is worth ten points; if a player makes all the tricks, he writes 100 points.

Bad neighbor

The method of counting is the same as for minus , but the points are noted with the right neighbor.

Achmed and the red burp

The player who catches the red burp , ie the king of hearts, in one trick scores 50 points; the player who catches the Achmed , ie the Schell-Ober, receives 30 points. If both cards are in the same trick, the player who takes this trick writes 100 points.

The second wheel

First three, last

This game is also called 1238 , read twelve thirty-eight or Mauer - 1238 is the zip code of the Wall district of Vienna .

Whoever takes the first trick scores 10 points. The second trick counts 20 points, the third 30 points and the last, i.e. H. the eighth trick is worth 50 points.

No reds

This is about not having any reds, i. H. no heart cards to catch in the stitches. The lower hearts (7 to 10) each count 20 points, the high heart cards (lower to Daus) each count 10 points. 100 points are awarded for a pure color cast in the heart.

Upper, lower

The point here is not to catch any upper or lower in the stitches. Each upper in the trick counts 30 points, each under 20 points. If a trick contains an upper and a lower, this is worth 100 points.

Kickback

Each trick is worth 30 points, the player who puts the lowest card in the trick receives 20 points. If a player with the lowest card wins the trick, this is worth 100 points.

The third wheel or wheel of fortune

On the third wheel, the beer king has to announce the chosen game before sharing.

Open pants

Open pants is a minus game in which the cards are held with the back to the player, like in idiot skating . The color requirement is of course lifted on this tour.

Good Hunting

Waidmannsheil is a minus game with open cards.

Small feed

Kleinfraß is a variant of the card game Fan Tan . Each player receives four cards; five packs of three cards and a single card are placed face down on the table.

At the beginning, only sub can be played, one sub can be placed up or down in the corresponding color . If you can't put on a card, you have to pick up a package. Under must be played and must not be withheld.

As soon as the first player has discarded all cards, the first census takes place : the other players receive 10 points for each card they still hold in their hand.

Then the game continues, when the second player is finished, the next count takes place - each card is worth 20 points. In the third census, the last remaining player writes 30 points per card and has to count any packages that are still on the table.

quadrature

Each player receives eight cards. The card of the same suit, which is higher by a maximum of three ranks, will be used. The card that is exactly three ranks higher must be played; Cards that are four or more ranks higher may not be played. Does someone play a so-called quadrature , e.g. B. an eight and the same-colored sub, the other players may place the cards in between, i.e. nine and ten of the suit played.

The counting is the same as for Kleinfraß.

additions

Quodlibet is played in many variations with different details than the above rule. Meyer's Konversationslexikon from 1888 describes Quodlibet as " a card game composed of 13 [ sic ] different tours, especially popular with student circles ". The rule given here is therefore by no means binding in the same way as the rules of chess, for example .

Related games

Herzeln
Tafferan
Rosbiratschka

literature

  • The Rumpler von Hauzenberg. A rare card game is still maintained in the Bavarian Forest today, which as a Quodlibet was a real hit in student circles in the past. Süddeutsche Zeitung No. 43 of February 21, 2009, p. 47.
  • A “rumbler” is looking for like-minded people. Hauzenberger Lehrer researches the origins of an almost unknown card game. In: Passauer Neue Presse of June 3, 2008, p. 10.

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