Hungarian Tarokk is a four-player tarot card game from Hungary, in which partners are chosen by calling the XX and the players pursue several objectives at once, including catching the XXI and winning the last trick with the I, known as the pagat. Its basic form is generally called Húszashívásos tarokk, meaning XX-calling tarokk, or Paskievics tarokk, after the Russian prince Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich, who led troops into Hungary to put down the revolution of 1848 and 1849. It is played with a shortened pack of 42 cards, made up of four plain suits of five cards each and 22 tarokks that act as trumps. The game was developed in the 19th century from a version of the Austrian game Zwanzigerrufen and became a favourite game of the Hungarian establishment. The declarer's side wins by taking at least 48 card points, and the bonuses and announcements are often worth more than the basic win. Five people may play, with the dealer sitting out of each hand.
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Game Type (category) Game Type (category) Classification
Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Connections
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Source Pagat (John McLeod): Hungarian Tarokk
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Region: Hungary
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Players and equipment, The cards
Tarokk is played with a 42 card pack.
Players and equipment, The players
Like all tarot games it is a trick-taking game
Players and equipment, The players [player-count]
Tarokk is basically a game for four players, in that there are four active participants at a time.
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Region: Hungary
Derived From: Zwanzigerrufen, Introduction
developed in the 19th century from a version of Austrian Zwanzigerrufen
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