Alsós, also called Vannak or Kaláber, is a Hungarian trick-taking card game belonging to the Jass family, the central European card game tradition that also produced Klaberjass. The game folds in bidding elements borrowed from Tarot-style Hungarian card games, setting it apart from plainer Jass variants played elsewhere in the region. It is treated in card game literature as a direct variation of Klaberjass, adapted to Hungarian rules and naming. The source article is brief, so its exact player count and founding date are not established from it; what is documented is its family placement among Jass games and its bidding mechanic drawn from Tarot play.
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Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Pagat.com: Alphabetical Index of Card Games
2. Alsós (Wikipedia)
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Alsós is a Hungarian card game of the Jass family
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