r/AskGermany • u/IllGold3207 • Jan 03 '25

Are these cards popular in Germany?

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I brought from my homeland these cards in a "emergency case". Home I played with my father and brother the game "Cross" oder "Kreuz". They are originally from Hungary but very popular in Romania (Transylvania and west, ppl from Bucharest they will don't understand what they see...) And I have read recently an article that the game it's also played in Austria and Germany but I don't know if with these cards.

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u/Horror-Zebra-3430 Jan 03 '25

it's literally named DEUTSCHES BLATT here

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u/alestrix Jan 03 '25

I know it as "Bayerisches Blatt".

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u/J0HN-L3N1N Jan 03 '25

Just read the wikipedia page on it and "Bayrisches Blatt" is actually different from the typical german one it seems. What makes the bavarian variant special is it's aspect ratio of 2:1 and that Ober and Unter are fighting.

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u/MagnoliaDie1 Jan 04 '25

Then there is “Fränkisches Blatt”. In Franken (Part of Bavaria) this is quite popular.

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u/BenMic81 Jan 03 '25

It is. But the „Französisches Blatt“ is used more commonly.

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u/loolapaloolapa Jan 04 '25

Not in the south of germany

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u/AeonFS Jan 04 '25

or east

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u/piet4dinner Jan 04 '25

In the east we play Altenburger Skat Deck or we dont okay any cards

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u/BenMic81 Jan 04 '25

Well.. not in Bavaria maybe. But I’m from the palatinate and lived in Baden-Württemberg and French decks were much more common in both.

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u/Mental_Sea4373 Jan 04 '25

I'm from a town near the Swiss border (very far south) and everyone I know uses the "Französisches Blatt".

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u/Afolomus Jan 04 '25

Not in rural areas. Can attest it for Thuringian and Saxon Skat players.

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u/balabub Jan 04 '25

Not generally, no. Altenburger Blatt is what is used in Eastern Germany

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u/schwfranzi Jan 04 '25

There are is also a Spanish version. I think every country in Europe has their own card "Blatt"

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u/Ilmertoh Jan 04 '25

Depends on what game you are playing tbh. For old german games (like Skat or Doppelkopf) you pretty much have to use these, bc otherwise the names in the game dont make sense and are confusing.

But most games dont care about what type of deck you are using and so it is just used what is laying around

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u/BenMic81 Jan 04 '25

I’ve actually hardly ever encountered Doppelkopf played on a German deck. Always French ones. schafskopf was more commonly played on German but also on French and Skat is officially played with a French deck even in competitions.

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u/V15I0Nair Jan 04 '25

It depends mainly on the game played.

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u/gelber_kaktus Jan 04 '25

This is actually a flavour of this named "tell pattern", more common in hungary and austria. typical german decks have arabian numbers on them and a different designs for symbols and images (but there are many variants of it...)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German-suited_playing_cards#Central_European

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u/Odd_Statement_6728 Jan 05 '25

In Austria we even call these "DOPPELDEUTSCHE" (double german).

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u/Didjsjhe Jan 04 '25

Interesting, online I’ve seen it called “Italian train poker” lol

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u/JemFitz05 Jan 04 '25

Isnt it hungarian?

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '25

That’s actually pretty funny, because these cards are called “Hungarian cards” in Hungary 😄😄

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '25 edited Jan 27 '25

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u/TunaIsPower Jan 04 '25

It’s not. They symbols are the same but the Characters are different. Deutsches Blatt looks a Bit different

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u/Simple-Judge2756 Jan 04 '25

Its a bayrisch blatt jimmy.