| A trick-taking game of the Tarot game family. | |
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| Origin | Austria |
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| Type | Trick-taking |
| Players | 3 |
| Skills | Tactics, Strategy |
| Cards | 54 |
| Deck | Tarot; traditionally, Industrie und Glück |
| Rank (high→low) | Trumps: Sküs, XXI-I ♣♠ K Q C J 10 9 8 7 ♥♦ K Q C J 1 2 3 4 [1] |
| Play | Anti-clockwise |
| Playing time | 20 min/deal |
| Chance | Moderate |
| Related games | |
| Dreierles • Dreiertarock • Illustrated Tarock • Point Tarock | |
Tapp Tarock (‹See Tfd›German: Tapp-Tarock), also called Viennese Tappen (‹See Tfd›German: Wiener Tappen), Tappen or Tapper, is a three-player tarot card game which traditionally uses the 54-card Industrie und Glück deck. Before the Anschluss (1938), it was the preferred card game of Viennese coffee houses, for example, the Literatencafés and Café Central. Even today Tapp Tarock is played sporadically. The exact date when it appeared is not possible to identify; some sources suggest it may have been developed in Austria in the early 19th century,[2] but its mention in caricature operas in 1806[3] suggest it was well known even by then and must have arisen in the late 18th century. The oldest description of the actual rules is dated to 1821.[4] Tapp Tarock is considered a good entry level game before players attempt more complex Tarock forms like Cego, Illustrated Tarock or Königrufen.[5]