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Toepen is a trick-taking card game from the Netherlands for three to eight players, and it is often played as a drinking game. The usual number of players is four. As a trick-taking game its play revolves around winning individual rounds of cards, and as a drinking game it is a social pastime as well as a card game. The source describes it as a Dutch game, so it belongs among the national card games of the Netherlands, and its player range of three to eight is wide, though four remains the usual table size.

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Sport
Game Type (category)
Card Game 1
Game Type (category)
Trick-Taking Game 1
Game Type (category)
Drinking Game 1
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Small Group (3-6 Players) 1
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is a trick-taking Dutch card game
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1. Toepen (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph
    is a trick-taking Dutch card game for three to eight players
  • Lead paragraph [game-type-category]
    is often played as a drinking game
  • Lead paragraph [player-count]
    Typically the number of players is 4.
  • Lead paragraph [origin-region]
    is a trick-taking Dutch card game
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