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German Solo
German Solo or just Solo is a German 8-card plain-trick game for 4 individual players using a 32-card, German- or French-suited Skat pack. It is essentially a simplification of Quadrille, itself a 4-player adaptation of Ombre.''Neuestes Spielbuch'' (1834), pp. 116–128. As in Quadrille, players bid for the privilege of declaring trumps and deciding whether to play alone or with a partner. Along with Ombre, Tarock and Schafkopf, German Solo influenced the development of Skat.Hoffmann & Dietrich (1982). Parlett calls it a "neat little descendant of Quadrille" and "a pleasant introduction" to the Ombre family of games. Name The game is often called German Solo in English and German sources to distinguish it from other national games such as American Solo, Spanish Solo and English Solo. However, it was often known locally just as Solo or, in the Münsterland, as Sollo. Historically it was also referred to as German Ombre and some American publications actually call the game Om ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plain-trick
A trick-taking game is a card or tile-based game in which play of a ''hand'' centers on a series of finite rounds or units of play, called ''tricks'', which are each evaluated to determine a winner or ''taker'' of that trick. The object of such games then may be closely tied to the number of tricks taken, as in plain-trick games such as contract bridge, whist, and spades, or to the value of the cards contained in taken tricks, as in point-trick games such as pinochle, the tarot family, briscola, and most evasion games like hearts. Trick-and-draw games are trick-taking games in which the players can fill up their hands after each trick. In most variants, players are free to play any card into a trick in the first phase of the game, but must ''follow suit'' as soon as the stock is depleted. Trick-avoidance games like reversis or polignac are those in which the aim is to avoid taking some or all tricks. The domino game Texas 42 is an example of a trick-taking game that is not a ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (german: Königreich Preußen, ) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Rev. ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1946. It was the driving force behind the unification of Germany in 1871 and was the leading state of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918. Although it took its name from the region called Prussia, it was based in the Margraviate of Brandenburg. Its capital was Berlin. The kings of Prussia were from the House of Hohenzollern. Brandenburg-Prussia, predecessor of the kingdom, became a military power under Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, known as "The Great Elector". As a kingdom, Prussia continued its rise to power, especially during the reign of Frederick II, more commonly known as Frederick the Great, who was the third son of Frederick William I.Horn, D. B. "The Youth of Frederick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhine
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River Lahn
The Lahn is a , right (or eastern) tributary of the Rhine in Germany. Its course passes through the States of Germany, federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia (23.0 km), Hesse (165.6 km), and Rhineland-Palatinate (57.0 km). It has its source in the Rothaar Mountains, Rothaargebirge, the highest part of the Sauerland. It meets the Rhine at Lahnstein, near Koblenz. Important cities along the Lahn include Marburg, Gießen, Wetzlar, Limburg an der Lahn, Weilburg and Bad Ems. Tributaries to the Lahn include the Ohm (river), Ohm, Dill (river), Dill, the Weil (river), Weil and the Aar (Lahn), Aar. The lower Lahn has many dams with Lock (water transport), locks, allowing regular shipping from its mouth (river), mouth up to Runkel. Riverboats also operate on a small section north of the dam in Gießen. Source area The Lahn is a -long, right (or eastern) tributary of the Rhine in Germany. Its course passes through the States of Germany, federal states of North Rhine-West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quadrille (game)
Quadrille is a card game that was highly popular in the 17th and 18th centuries at the French court and among the British nobility, especially women. A variant of the three-player, Spanish card game Ombre, it is played by four players, both in varying alliances and solo games, using a pack of 40 cards (the 8's, 9's and 10's being removed). By the mid-19th century, Quadrille had fallen out of fashion, superseded by Whist and Boston. History and Culture The novel ''Pride and Prejudice'' includes four references to Quadrille being played by an upper class character, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and her guests. In the ''Diary of Thomas Vernon'', which was written by a loyalist from Newport, Rhode Island, during the American Revolution in 1776, the author mentions playing quadrille frequently during the war while exiled in Glocester, Rhode Island. It is also frequently mentioned in ''The Diary of a Country Parson 1758-1802'' kept by James Woodforde, edited by John Beresford. In Ireland i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grünober
Grasobern, Grasoberl, Grasoberln, Graseberla, Grünobern, Lauboberl or Laubobern is a card game that was once commonly played in Old Bavaria, especially in the old counties of Bad Aibling and Rosenheim, and is still popular in eastern Bavaria, especially in Upper Palatinate. The game has relatively simple rules and thus a rather relaxing and leisurely character without the mental demands of Schafkopf or psychological stress of Watten, two other traditional Bavarian card games. The name is taken from the game's penalty card, the Ober of Leaves. The suit of Leaves is known in German variously as ''Laub'' ("leaves, foliage"), ''Gras'' ("grass") or ''Grün'' ("green"). History Grasobern originated in "Old Bavaria" – Altbayern Ober > Unter > Ten > Nine > Eight > Seven. Aim Grasobern is a pure plain-trick game. In the 'normal game' the aim is to avoid taking the first trick, the last trick and the trick containing the ''Grasober'', the Ober of Leaves. Taking these tricks resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matzlfangen
Matzlfangen is a traditional point-trick, card game for 4 players that originated in the Bavarian province of Upper Palatinate over 200 years ago and spread to Austria. It is still played in a few places today. The game is named after the Ten or ''Matzl'', which plays a key role. History Matzlfangen is an old Bavarian card game, being recorded as early as 1809 as Mätzelfangen, a game that was played "only in the Upper Palatinate and usually in the countryside." In 1826 it was reported in the ''Bavarian Courier'' being played at home around the table by "master craftsmen, journeymen and apprentices", along with German Solo, Solo, Schafkopf, Kreuzmariage, Grasobern and others. In 1827 we read that ''Mätz'' is a contemptuous word for "woman" and, again, that Mätzlein fangen is a card game popular in the Upper Palatinate. Grimm (1885), however, records that ''Metzlein'' or ''Mätzlein'' is simply a maiden and that "around Straubing it is term of endearment for a girl."Grimm (1885), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreuzmariage
() or Mariagenspiel is a German 6-card trick-and-draw game for two players in which players score bonus points for the "marriage" of King and Queen of the same suit. The game, first documented in 1715 in Leipzig, spawned numerous offshoots throughout continental Europe and gives its name to the Marriage group of card games, the widest known of which is probably Sixty-Six. Many of these are still the national card games of their respective countries. It is unrelated to the Nepalese game of Marriage. History Parlett notes that "despite claims for its invention at Paderborn, Westphalia, in 1652, it is not attested earlier than 1715," although Kozietulski stated in 1888 that it had been popular in Poland for two centuries which dates its appearance there to the late 17th century and he doubts it is of Polish origin on account of its French name and the marriage feature which appears in old French games. The 1715 record, which gives an incomplete sketch of the rules of ''Mariage-Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreier (coin)
The ''Dreipfenniggröschlein'', commonly called the ''Dreier'' or ''Dreyer'', was a coin initially minted in the Electorate of Saxony from the 16th century. The Saxon coins referred to as ''Dreiers''Barber, Klaus (2015). ''Dreier. Altes Kleingeld'' in ''007 ist auf 17. Berühmte Zahlen und ihre Geschichten'', Cologne: Bastei Lübbe, ISBN 978-3-404-60821-8 and ISBN 3-404-60821-6, S. 70previewat Google Books were initially minted according to the coinage regulations of Duke George the Bearded from 1534 and were thus initially part of Saxon coinage history. Four ''Dreiers'' were equivalent to 3 ''Zinsgroschen''. The coins were initially made of silver or the silver/copper alloy, '' billon''. The coins, which were stamped with the number "3" and were later only made of copper, spread as a means of payment in other states throughout Central and Northern Germany up to the 19th century, including the Kingdom of Prussia and the Duchy of Brunswick where they were known as ''Dreipfennigst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Schafkopf
German Schafkopf (german: Deutscher Schafkopf) is an old German card game and the forerunner of the popular modern games of Skat, Doppelkopf and Bavarian Schafkopf. Today it is hardly ever played in its original form, but there are a number of regional derivations. History Schafkopf dates to the 18th century or earlier and is the oldest member of the Schafkopf family.McLeod (1978), pp. 38-47. A 1783 novel describes the scene after a wedding dinner as the dining tables were cleared away and replaced by games tables: "here stood an Ombre table, there a noble Schafkopf was played, over there a game of forfeits, soon everybody was busy playing when suddenly the sound of the strings announced the arrival of the dance band..." In 1796, we learn that students at Leipzig University liked to repair to disreputable bars to play Solo or Schafkopf for a couple of Dreiers. In 1811, it is described as "a cute little game layedwith chalk and collection bag pennies". and its rules are recorde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Heinrich Voss
Johann Heinrich Voss (german: Johann Heinrich Voß, ; 20 February 1751 – 29 March 1826) was a Germans, German classicist and poet, known mostly for his translation of Homer's ''Odyssey'' (1781) and ''Iliad'' (1793) into German language, German. Life Voss was born at Sommersdorf in Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Strelitz as the son of a farmer. After attending the gymnasium (school), Gymnasium at Neubrandenburg from 1766–1769, he was obliged to accept a private tutorship in order to earn money to enable him to study at a university. At the invitation of Heinrich Christian Boie, whose attention he had attracted by poems contributed to the ''Göttinger Musenalmanach'', he went to the University of Göttingen in 1772. Here he studied philology, his studies encompassing both classics, classical and modern languages, and became one of the leading spirits in the famous ''Hain'' or ''Dichterbund''. In 1775 Boie made over to him the editorship of the ''Musenalmanach'', wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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