| North German cousin of Nap | |
 A game of Fipsen in progress | |
| Origin | North Germany |
|---|---|
| Type | Plain-trick game |
| Family | Triomphe group |
| Players | 4 or 5 |
| Cards | 25 or 32 |
| Deck | French pack |
| Rank (high→low) | A K Q J 10 9 8 7 |
| Play | clockwise |
| Related games | |
| Nap | |
| Notes: two different games. Clubs or diamonds are preference suits | |
Fipsen or Fips[1] is an old north German card game for 4 or 5 players that resembles British Nap in some respects. It is a trick-taking game played with a standard Skat pack that was once popular across North Germany in the former states of Schleswig, Holstein, Mecklenburg and Pomerania, but is now restricted to the south Holstein region. In the village of Thedinghausen in Lower Saxony, a rather different game is played under the same name for currant buns called Hedewigs. It has been described as "quite a special card game" that is "ancient, but very easy to learn".[2]
- ^ Brockhaus 1937, p. 55.
- ^ Fipsen, ein ganz besonderes Kartenspiel at www.kreiszeitung.de. Retrieved 28 November 2018