Grosstarock
| Old 78-card German Tarot (Tarock) game. | |
Cavalier of Clubs from a Tarot Nouveau deck | |
| Origin | Germany |
|---|---|
| Alternative names | Großtarock, German Taroc |
| Type | Trick-taking game |
| Players | 3 |
| Cards | 78 |
| Deck | Tarot Nouveau |
| Rank (high→low) | Trumps: 21–1 ♣♠ K Q C J 10 – 2 A ♥♦ K Q C J A 2 – 10 |
| Play | see text |
| Playing time | 20 min/deal |
| Related games | |
| Droggn • Troccas • Troggu • Taroc l'Hombre | |
| Fool as 'Excuse'. | |
Grosstarock (German: Großtarock) is an old three-handed card game of the Tarock family played with a full 78-card Tarot pack. It was probably introduced into the southern German states around 1720 but spread rapidly into Austria and northwards as far as the Netherlands and Scandinavia. It only survives today in Denmark where it is called Tarok.
Classical Grosstarock is not related to the modern 54-card game known as Viennese Grosstarock which developed out of Zwanzigerrufen.