![]() The deal is won with a score of 11 or more, won double (opponent is schneider, tailor) with a score of 15 or more, and won triple (opponent is schwarz, literally "black") with a score of 20. Įxcept for ranks 7–9, which are worthless, every card is worth one point for a total of 20. In the second phase, players use up their hand cards and must follow suit, as revoking can now be proved in all cases. The second phase begins as soon as the stock is depleted. Players need not follow suit in this phase. In the first phase of the game, the winner of a trick draws a card from the stock, followed by the other player, before leading to the next trick. A trick is won by the player of the highest card of the suit led. There are no trumps, and tens rank low in trick-play. ![]() Both players are then dealt a hand of 6 cards in batches of 2. The first dealer is chosen by lots the player who draws the lower-ranking card dealing first. ![]() Rules Ranks and point-values of cards Rank In this case they rank D > K > O > U > 10 > 9 > 8 > 7 where D is the Deuce, O is the Ober and U is the Unter. In 1835 Pierer states that Elfern or Eilfern is a card game played with German-suited cards. Cards rank in their natural order: A > K > Q > J > 10 > 9 > 8 > 7 and there are no trumps. Cards įrom the earliest days both "the usual Piquet pack" of 32 cards was used or the game was played with German-suited cards. This name evidently refers to the fact that only the court cards plus aces and tens contribute to the score. Another old name was Figurenspiel which is also German and can be roughly translated as "honours game". Thus both names refer to the score of 11 points required for winning. In Austria it is Elfmandeln which is Austro-Bavarian German for "eleven little men". Įlfern, formerly also called Eilfern, is German for "playing Elevens". It was described in 1855 as "played in many parts of Germany, albeit not very commonly" and, in 1862, as "the simplest drinking game", the winner of the majority of honours, earning the "right of drinking from the glasses of his opponents." Although Parlett only knew the game from 19th century sources he suggests that its non-trump nature points to its being much older and possibly ancestral to Marriage family of card games. History and Etymology Įlfern is a primitive German game, similar to Bohemian Schneider, that is mentioned as early as 1759 in a letter by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert its rules appearing in Hammer's Taschenbuch in 1811 and in the Neuester Spielalmanach published in Berlin in 1820. Elfern is at least 250 years old and a possible ancestor to the Marriage family of card games, yet it is still played by German children. The object is to win the majority of the 20 honours: the Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten in a Piquet pack or the Ace, King, Ober, Unter and Ten in a Skat pack. ![]() Elfern or Elfmandeln, is a very old, German and Austrian 6-card, no-trump, trick-and-draw game for two players using a 32-card, French-suited Piquet pack or German-suited Skat pack. ![]()
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