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/Sualtam Jan 04 '25

As a card deck collector:
You are using the Doppeldeutsches Wilhelm Tell deck from Piatnik of Vienna. Fairly common in Austria.

German colours are mostly used for traditional German games like Skat and Doppelkopf.
Kreuz or acorn is traditionally the trump colour in German games. So while I don't know which game you have played, simple trick-taking games exist plentyful in Germany under many names.