Neunzehnerrufen (German: "Call the Nineteen") is an Austrian
card game
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Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ...
of the
Tarock
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(tarot) family for four players. Under the name Taroky or Czech Taroky it is the national Tarock variant of the
Czech Republic
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and
Slovakia
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, but - with certain variations – is also played in parts of the
Austria
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n states of
Upper Austria
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,
Lower Austria
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and the
Styria
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as well as in
Poland
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south of the
River Vistula
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.
Despite its name, the game is less related to
Zwanzigerrufen
Zwanzigerrufen or Zwanz'gerrufen is the leading trick-taking card game of the Tarock family in many regions of eastern Austria. Its rules are simpler than the game of Königrufen which is more widely played in the whole of Austria. As is common in ...
than to
Königrufen
Königrufen or Königsrufen (German: "Call the King") is a four-player, trick-taking card game of the Tarot card games, tarot family, played in Austria and Southern Tyrol, with variants for two, three and six players. As with other regional tarot ...
. However, it differs from the latter in the number and way the packets are dealt: 12 cards to each of the four players, 2 × 3 cards go, as a
talon
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into the middle of the table. Thus there has been and is a cross-fertilization process between the two variants, with the exchange of game and bonus declarations.
Major differences from Königrufen
* As the name suggests, a playing partner during a contract of ''Rufer'' (''Ruferspiel'') may not specify a King, but the Tarock XIX.
* In contracts in which the aim is to win the majority of card points, there are stages: the more card points in the tricks, the more game points are scored by the winning side.
* Bonuses from the hand that reveal information about one's own hand and are hardly ever played in Königrufen are mandatory calls in Neunzehnerrufen. The player gets points for doing so, but to forget is seen as revoking.
References
Literature
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Dummett, Michael
Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett (27 June 1925 – 27 December 2011) was an English people, English academic described as "among the most significant British philosophers of the last century and a leading campaigner for racial tolerance and ...
(1980) ''The Game of Tarot. From Ferrara to Salt Lake City.'' Duckworth, London.
* Mayr, Wolfgang and