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Eckeln, also Eckelen, is an old, traditional Austrian card game for four players that is a member of the Marriage group of games.

History and distribution

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Eckeln is recorded as early as 1819 in a Tyrolean play, Der Tiroler Kirchtag, where it is described as a Tyrolean card game in which partners sit opposite one another, the aim being to win the majority of the Gewisse - the Tens and Aces. It explains that the name means to play "across the corners" (überecks spielen).[1] In 1862 it is recorded in the Austrian state of Carinthia as "èggln, èggilan, a card game".[2] In 1924 it is described as a traditional Salzburg card game[3] and, in 1972, it was being played with German-suited cards in the south Bavarian language exclave of Pladen in Upper Italy. Today it is also played in Ennswald in the municipality of Radstadt in Salzburg state.[4]

Cards

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Eckeln is traditionally played with German-suited cards of the Salzburg pattern.

Rules

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Eckeln is a variant of Kreuz-Mariage in which the aim is to capture the Aces and Tens, known as the Gewisse.

References

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  1. ^ _ 1819, p. 33.
  2. ^ Lexer 1862, p. 80.
  3. ^ Adrian 1924, pp. 330–333.
  4. ^ Geiser 2004, p. 43.

Literature

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