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Card games in Hungary

This page is part of the National and Regional Card Games Index of the Card Games Web Site.

Most games use the 32 card German suited pack with picture cards showing characters from the William Tell legend, and the aces depicting seasons of the year. A similar design is used in neighbouring countries, but in Hungary they are known as Magyar Kartya (Hungarian Cards). The suits are hearts (Piros), bells (Tök), acorns (Makk) and leaves (Zöld), and the cards in each suit are ace (Ász), king (Király), over (Felső), under (Alsó), 10, 9, 8, 7. Games with these cards include

• Ulti - the most popular card game in Hungary. It is related to the Czech game Mariáš
• Zsírozás (related to the Czech Sedma),
• Preferansz (related to Austrian Preference)
• Lórum - a compendium game similar to Barbu but with a fixed sequence of contracts
• Felsõs - a jass game similar to Austrian Zensa
• Snapszli, also known as Snapszer - similar to Austrian Schnapsen)
• Alsós, also called Vannak, an elaborate game of the Jass family, which seems unfortunately to have died out.

Tarokk is played in Hungary using a 42 card French suited pack consisting of

• 22 trumps: Skíz, XXI - I;
• king, queen rider, jack, ten of the black suits
• king, queen rider, jack, ace of the red suits

The World Casino Directory includes a listing of Casinos in Hungary.