Euchre is a trick-taking card game usually played by four players in fixed partnerships with a short deck, most commonly the nine through ace of each suit, in which the highest trump, the jack of the trump suit, is called the right bower and the jack of the same-color suit becomes the left bower and also plays as trump. The game descends from the European card game jucker or euchre played in the Alsace and Palatinate regions, and it was brought to North America by German and other European immigrants in the nineteenth century, becoming especially popular in the American Midwest and parts of Canada, where it remains a common social and tournament card game.
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Partially Attested
Origin YearThis is the year the earliest surviving written rules for Euchre appeared, not a confirmed invention date; the source separately notes a brief mention of the game as early as 1810 Sport
Game Type (category) Game Type (category) Classification
Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Originating Region In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Euchre, Wikipedia
Lead section
is a trick-taking card game played in Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States
History section
Euchre emerged in the United States in the early 19th century.
Origins and popularity section
The earliest surviving rules appeared in 1844
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