| Old north European game with two Jacks as top trumps | |
  Best and Under Bowers if ♦ are trumps | |
| Origin | Germany |
|---|---|
| Type | Plain-trick game |
| Family | Rams group |
| Players | 3-6 |
| Cards | 32 |
| Deck | Piquet pack |
| Rank (high→low) | A K Q J 10 9 8 7 |
| Play | Anticlockwise |
| Related games | |
| Euchre • Juckerspiel • Lanterloo • Reunion | |
| Features: 2 Jacks as top trumps; 5-card hands | |
Bester Bube ("Best Bower"), also Fiefkort mit 'n besten Buren ("Five Cards with the Best Bowers"), is an historical German card game for 3–6 players played with a Piquet pack. It is one of the Rams group of card games characterised by allowing players to drop out of the current game if they think they will be unable to win any tricks or a minimum number of tricks.[1] It may be an ancestor of Five-Card Loo.[2]
- ^ Card Games: Rams Group at www.pagat.com. Retrieved 16 Oct 2018
- ^ Parlett 1990, pp. 190/191.