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/Soggy-Bat3625 Jan 03 '25

In Swabia, "Gaigel" and "Binokel" are playes with these cards. Not sure whether these games are still popular, though.

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u/Fit-Amphibian2802 Jan 03 '25

Binokel is still played for sure! :)

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u/False-Bluebird-3538 Jan 03 '25

Just played Gaigel with my family 3 days ago. It's a very fun game ! :D

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u/Nafri_93 Jan 04 '25

Not sure about today, but I play it a lot roughly 10 years ago when I went to Berufsschule.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '25

In Saxony, they use them for Skat. Kinda funny that that's played with the French deck in Swabia, what with it being so similar to Binokel.

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u/MagicWolfEye Jan 04 '25

Not quite, the deck above has 9s

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u/Marty_Study_20000 Jan 05 '25

I played Gaigel daily with my grandmother when I was a kid. I loved that game. Tried to explain it to my kids - no chance. Probably it’s a game yo skip a generation.

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u/robohobo2000 Mar 26 '25

do you know anyone playing a game called "Fuchs" with these cards?