Origin | Austria, Bavaria |
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Type | Plain-trick |
Family | Rams group |
Players | 3-5 |
Cards | 20 |
Deck | Salzburg or Double German pack |
Rank (high→low) | A 10 K O U |
Play | clockwise |
Related games | |
Contra, Kratzen, Mauscheln, Mistigri, Tippen, Zwicken | |
Features: pot, 3 cards, 'lifting', special card combinations |
Lupfen is a card game for 3–5 players that is played mainly in west Austria and south Germany, but also in Liechtenstein. The rules vary slightly from region to region, but the basic game in each variation is identical. 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][2]