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Vira, or Wira, is a traditional
Vira, or Wira, is a traditional Swedish
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has called "Sweden's national card game".
History
Playing Vira was a popular social pastime during the 19th century and there are still Vira parties in Sweden. It is unclear when the game arose. According to tradition, the game was invented in Vira courthouse around 1810. It is said that a terrible storm caused the court to become snowbound inside and they could not leave the mill. So they played card games and eventually invented a new one, which was named after the place. Two gentlemen of Walloon extraction are supposed be the inventors of the game. But since Vira is a game for three, a third party was probably involved.Description
Vira is a trick-taking game. The actual trick play is preceded by an auction, as in Bridge. The player who bids the highest contract plays against the other two players. Vira is a very complicated card game and there are several variants of the rules. It is played withgaming chip
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s of which there are three or four different types. The stakes are placed in a so-called ''virapulla
A virapulla is a traditional Swedish gaming container with dishes and jettons designed for playing the national game of Vira, but also used for other games.dealer deals 13 cards each. Then an auction takes place in which there are 40 contracts to choose from. The one who announces the highest contract becomes the declarer; the other two become the defenders. After the auction, the declarer may 'buy' cards from the
Stockholm Vira Club
at bredband.net. (in Swedish).
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in a procedure called the 'purchase' (''köpet''). Then the trick-taking game begins. When play is finished, the 'payment' (''betalningen'') follows. Here, the declarer either gets paid in chips or has to pay chips to the opponents depending on what bid the declarer made and how the game went. Then the next round begins.
For a long time it was the most advanced and popular card game in Sweden. Perhaps because it never became standardized as, for example, Skat did in Germany, its popularity fell fast after the arrival of Contract Bridge in the early 1930s.
See also
*Kodilj ''Kodilj'', from the Spanish' ''codille'' is a double bet in Vira and other Swedish card game
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* * * *External links
Stockholm Vira Club
at bredband.net. (in Swedish).
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