Tapp (card game)
Typical Tapp card pack | |
| Origin | Germany |
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| Alternative names | Württemberg Tarock, Solo, Sans Prendre, Tappen, Dapp, Dappen |
| Type | Point-trick |
| Family | German Tarok group |
| Players | 3–5 (normally 3) |
| Cards | 36 |
| Deck | French (Berlin pattern) |
| Rank (high→low) | D 10 K O U 9 - 6 or A 10 K Q J 9 - 6 |
| Play | Clockwise |
| Related games | |
| Bauerntarock • Bavarian Tarock • Dobbm • Frog | |
| Contracts: Frage, Solo & Heart Solo (classic); plus Bettel, Rufer and Tout (modern Tapp) | |
Tapp (Swabian: Dapp or Dappen) is a trick-taking, card game for 3 or 4 players using 36 French-suited cards that is played in the south German region of Swabia, especially in the former Kingdom of Württemberg. It is the French-suited offshoot of German Tarok; its German-suited form being called Württemberg Tarock (German: Württembergischer Tarock) in that region. Tapp is one of a family of similar games that include Bavarian Tarock, the Austrian games of Bauerntarock and Dobbm, and the American games of frog and six-bid solo. Although probably first played in the early nineteenth century, the game of Tapp is still a local pastime in its native Württemberg, albeit in a greatly elaborated form.