Tapp (card game)

Tapp
Typical Tapp card pack
OriginGermany
Alternative namesWürttemberg Tarock, Solo, Sans Prendre, Tappen, Dapp, Dappen
TypePoint-trick
FamilyGerman Tarok group
Players3–5 (normally 3)
Cards36
DeckFrench (Berlin pattern)
Rank (high→low)D 10 K O U 9 - 6 or
A 10 K Q J 9 - 6
PlayClockwise
Related games
Bauerntarock • Bavarian Tarock • Dobbm • Frog
Contracts: Frage, Solo & Heart Solo (classic);
plus Bettel, Rufer and Tout (modern Tapp)

Tapp (Swabian: Dapp or Dappen) is a trick-taking, card game for 3 or 4 players using 36 French-suited cards that is played in the south German region of Swabia, especially in the former Kingdom of Württemberg. It is the French-suited offshoot of German Tarok; its German-suited form being called Württemberg Tarock (‹See Tfd›German: Württembergischer Tarock) in that region.[1] Tapp is one of a family of similar games that include Bavarian Tarock, the Austrian games of Bauerntarock and Dobbm, and the American games of frog and six-bid solo. Although probably first played in the early nineteenth century,[2] the game of Tapp is still a local pastime in its native Württemberg, albeit in a greatly elaborated form.