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Chapanka
Chapanka is an historical Polish card game for four players that is an adaptation of the French game of Reversis in which the aim was the lose points. History Chapanka is recorded as early as 1752 in a collection of poetry,Drużbacka (1752), p. 85. but the earliest description, which is incomplete, dates to 1831. It appears to have died out towards the end of the 19th century. 1831 rules In 1831, Łukasz Gołębiowski recounts the traditional card names and rules. It was a plain-trick game played by 4 people with a German-suited, Old Polish pack of 36 cards (9 cards in each suit). A player who took three trick (cards), tricks, did not lose anything, a player who took more, won more. The highest cards in Chapanka were appropriately named:Gołębiowski (1831), pp. 47–48. * 8 - ''Dola'' ("Mad One") * 6 or 8 - ''Gółka'' ("Bare Bum", "Semibreve", "Whole Note") * 6 - ''Pancerola'' ("Armour", "Knight") * O - ''Panfil'' ("Pamphilus", "Ober") * U - ''Kinal'' ("Unter") * 9 - ''Moga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Polish Pack
Polish playing cards () have been manufactured since the 15th century and include both French-suited cards, French- and German-suited cards. Polish playing cards may also refer more narrowly to the Polish pattern: traditional playing cards, packs of 36 German-suited playing cards produced in Poland to local designs. Description Polish pattern cards comprise the four suits of Leaves (suit), Leaves (''Wino''), Hearts (suit), Hearts (''Czerwień''), Acorns (suit), Acorns (''Żołądź'') and Bells (suit), Bells (''Dzwonek'') and five picture card (cards), picture cards: the Ace or Deuce (playing card), Deuce (''Tuz''), Ten (''Kralka'') or Banner (playing card), Banner, King (playing card), King (''Król''), Ober (playing card), Ober (''Wyżnik'') and Unter (playing card), Unter (''Niżnik'') and four pip cards: the Nine (''Dziewiątka''), Eight (''Ósemka''), Seven (''Siódemka'') and Six (''Szóstka''). Sometimes there are additional cards such as the: Five (''Piątka''), Four (''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |