Origin | United States |
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Type | Trick-taking |
Family | German Tarok group |
Players | 3–5 (3 active) |
Cards | 36 |
Deck | French |
Rank (high→low) | A 10 K Q J 9 - 6 |
Play | Clockwise |
Related games | |
German Tarok • Bavarian Tarock • Six-Bid • Tapp | |
Contracts: frog (pick-up), chico (simple solo) and grand (heart solo) |
Frog, sometimes called solo sixty, is a trick-taking, card game for 3 players that is or was popular in southern USA and Mexico (where it is known as rana). It is a member of the German Tarok group of games that originate from an attempt to play the tarot card game of Grosstarock with non-tarot cards.