Wallachen

Wallachen
The suit of Acorns from a Bavarian pack
OriginBavaria
TypePlain-trick
Players3
Cards32
DeckGerman
Rank (high→low)A K O U 10 9 8 7
PlayClockwise
Related games
Preferans, Préférence, Bolachen
Contracts: trick bidding plus Bettel and Mord

Wallachen is an Old Bavarian card game, which used to be very popular in eastern Bavaria.[1] Although, by 2012, it had become a rarer sight at pub tables, there have been more recent moves to revive it. Wallachen is a relatively simple three-hander that is easy to learn.[2] As a result, like Grasobern, it has a relatively relaxed character without the mental demands of Schafkopf or the psychological stress of Watten.[3] It is a member of the Préférence family of card games.

  1. ^ Wallachen: Niederbayern und Oberpfälzer lieben Wallachen at www.br.de. Retrieved 25 August 2018
  2. ^ Sirch (2008), p. 61.
  3. ^ Bayerische Kartenspiele: Vom Aussterben bedroht: Retten Sie das Karteln! at www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de. Retrieved 25 August 2018