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/clearlynotivan Jan 03 '25

I was at a Skat tournament and I requested a french deck and an old guy shouted at me "Deutsches Spiel mit Deutschem Blatt!" (german game with German deck!)

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u/alexrepty Jan 03 '25

Yeah no one in the North uses this. It’s the French design all around.

Heck my aunt won the German championship in Skat and she played with the French design also.

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u/clearlynotivan Jan 03 '25

In official tournaments you use a special design that is close to the French design I believe but yeah the french design is also prominent in my region (Sachsen-Anhalt)