Ramsen (card game)

Ramsen
The permanent trumps: Dallmutz, Belli, Großer Bube and Kleiner Bube
OriginGermany
TypePlain-trick
FamilyRams group
Players3–5
Age range8+
Cards32
DeckBavarian-pattern pack
Rank (high→low)A K O U 10 9 8 7
PlayClockwise
Related games
Loo • Knektpass • Rams • Ramscheln
Lampeln • Mulatschak • Schnalzen • Schnellen
Features: 5 cards, 4 special trumps and exchanging, game is 10 points

Ramsen or Ramsch is a traditional Bavarian plain-trick, card game for three to five players that is played with a 32-card German-suited pack and is suitable both for adults and for children.[a] It is one of the Rams group of card games that are distinguished by allowing players to drop out if they think they will fail to win the required number of tricks. An unusual feature of Ramsen is the presence of four permanent trump cards that rank just below the Trump Sow (Ace). It should not be confused with the contract of Ramsch in games like Skat or Schafkopf, nor with the related game of Rams which is also called Ramsenin Austria, but is played with a Piquet pack, does not have permanent trumps and has a different card ranking.
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