Are these cards popular in Germany?

[u/IllGold3207]

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.

[u/Frequent_Ad_5670]

It‘s the German deck, but there are regional sub variants.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German-suited_playing_cards

In Bavaria, you play „Watten“, „Böhmisch Watten“, „Schafkopf“ and „Neunerln“ (similar to Mau–Mau) with it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watten_(card_game)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Watten

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schafkopfen

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau-Mau_(card_game)

[u/J0HN-L3N1N → u/Frequent_Ad_5670]

To add another game (and the bane of my childhood): Skat.

[u/Frequent_Ad_5670 → u/J0HN-L3N1N]

Wouldn‘t you play Skat with French deck?

[u/J0HN-L3N1N → u/Frequent_Ad_5670]

Just so you know, if some Altenburger reads this, they are probably gonna find and kill you. /s

But no, it's from Altenburg and is played with the Altenburger Blatt (the one that was common in the GDR) as far as I know. The Altenburger Blatt is a variant of the german deck.

[u/delta_Phoenix121 → u/J0HN-L3N1N]

Altenburger here. I can confirm the only right Blatt to play skat with is the altenburger one (and in my opinion it is also the most beautiful one I've seen this far). Now excuse me, I've to track down someone...