Réunion (card game)
| Old Rhineland game | |
Right and Left Bowers if Diamonds are trumps | |
| Origin | Germany |
|---|---|
| Alternative names | Reunion |
| Family | Point-trick |
| Players | 3 |
| Cards | 32 |
| Deck | Piquet or Skat pack |
| Rank (high→low) | RB LB A 10 K Q 9 – 7 A 10 K Q (J) 9 – 7 |
| Play | Anticlockwise |
| Playing time | 20 min/round |
| Related games | |
| Bester Bube • Euchre • Skat | |
| Features: Left and Right Bowers, skat | |
Réunion, Reunion or Vereinigungsspiel is an historical German point-trick game for three players which, despite its French name, appears to have originated in the central Rhineland and lowland areas to the east. It is a 10-card game of the ace–ten family and uses a 32-card French-suited piquet pack or 32-card Skat pack. Players who cannot follow suit must trump. Otherwise the game can be described as a simplified version of Skat, but is also reminiscent of Euchre with its two permanent top trumps, the Right and Left Bowers.