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    thrash or flog", but in medieval times, a Karnöffel was also the word for an inguinal hernia. Karnöffel had a suit, the 'chosen suit', in which some...
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    suit to the existing four suits, a similar concept arose in the game of Karnöffel. However, in this South German game played with an ordinary pack, some...
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    same time or slightly earlier, a similar concept arose in the game of Karnöffel. In this south German game played with an ordinary pack, some cards of...
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    rank. This is seen in the earliest known European card games, such as Karnöffel, as well as in more recent ones such as Euchre. Games with such promotion...
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    certain cards have additional privileges is Karnöffel, where specific ranks of one suit were named Karnöffel, Devil, Pope etc. and subject to an elaborate...
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  • present day is Karnöffel which was well known enough in Nördlingen, Bavaria, in 1426 to be excluded from a list of banned gambling games. Karnöffel became very...
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  • Austria and Eastern Europe. Bauerntarock Bieten Binokel Gaigel Kaiserspiel Karnöffel Perlaggen Schafkopf (Bavarian) Schnapsen Sixty-six Skat Ulti Watten Tressette...
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  • Karniffel (category Karnöffel group)
    Karniffel was a descendant of the original Karnöffel. Karniffel was a descendant of the original Karnöffel, which itself originated in Bavaria in the...
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    has published a 48 card version, in which every card is unique, to play Karnöffel. It uses the younger type and is mislabelled as the Bavarian pattern....
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    strategic value. Tarot decks have a dedicated trump suit. Games of the Karnöffel Group have between one and four chosen suits, sometimes called selected...
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  • connection between him, the game of Karnoffel, and the occult. A spy named Barry Wilkinson had gotten a copy of the Karnoffel Code from the Soviets and hid...
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    Latin-suited pack of cards. Symbol: or beater Term used in games of the Karnöffel family for quasi-trump cards able to beat those of lower rank or with...
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    card cheats. All three are recorded during the 15th century, along with Karnöffel, first mentioned in 1426 and which is still played in several forms today...
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    the 48 card set containing the 3s, 4s, and 5s and is used to play the Karnöffel variant Kaiserspiel. The Under corresponds to the Jack or Knave. The Under...
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    Brús (category Karnöffel group)
    four-players using French-suited cards. It is descended via German Brusbart from Karnöffel, Europe's oldest known card game. Brús is described as an old Icelandic...
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    Knüffeln (category Karnöffel group)
    Once considered the national game of Frisia, Knüffeln is a descendant of Karnöffel, the oldest identifiable European card game in the history of playing...
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    possibly created by the same person who made the Leber deck Hofämterspiel Karnöffel Mantegna Tarocchi Tarot card games Trick-taking game Triomphe Trump (card...
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    two card games of historical and cultural interest, both descended from Karnöffel, the oldest card game in Europe with a continuous tradition of play. Bruus...
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    3xS A K O U 10–7 Plain suits: A K O U 10–7 Play Clockwise Playing time 10 min. + Chance 4/10 Related games Karnöffel • Kaiserjass • Bieten • Perlaggen...
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    Drużbart (category Karnöffel group)
    family. The game is descended from the oldest known card game in Europe, Karnöffel, a fact testified by its unusual card ranking and lack of a uniform trump...
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    Kaiserspiel (category Karnöffel group)
    standard Swiss playing cards with 40 or 48 cards. It is a descendant of Karnöffel, one of the oldest card games known. It is sometimes misleadingly called...
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    Bruus (category Karnöffel group)
    Once considered the national game of Hamburg, Bruus is a descendant of Karnöffel, the oldest identifiable European card game in the history of playing...
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    Stýrivolt (category Karnöffel group)
    German game of Karnöffel, the oldest European card game with a continuous tradition of play. Styrivolt probably evolved from Karnöffel during the early...
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    Brus (card game) (category Karnöffel group)
    Estonia. The game is descended from the oldest known card game in Europe, Karnöffel, a fact testified by its unusual card ranking and lack of a uniform trump...
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  • Voormsi (category Karnöffel group)
    Swedish Bräus, Icelandic Brús and others. Brusbart in turn descends from Karnöffel, the oldest card game in Europe with a continuous tradition of play down...
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    games included noddy, triomphe, all fours, piquet, basset, Hofamterspiel, Karnöffel, and primero. In 1674 Charles Cotton published his Compleat Gamester,...
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    Hofjagdspiel, a pack found together with the Hofämterspiel in Ambras Castle Karnöffel Ganjifa Tarot Husband 2015, pp. 49ff. Johannes of Rheinfelden, 1377 at...
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    In 1678 a Dutch periodical records a list of games including Verquere, Karnöffel, Poch, Krimpen, Lansquenet, Triomphe, Piquet, La Bête "and that miserable...
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    may have been derived from dreschen, to thresh, recalling the game of Karnöffel whose name also means "to thrash". In 1871 it was described as a game...
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    Bräus (category Karnöffel group)
    playable. The game is descended from the oldest known card game in Europe, Karnöffel, a fact testified by its unusual card ranking and lack of a uniform trump...
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