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Card games in Romania

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

The standard 52 card French suited pack is in general use. The suits are known as treflă or cruce (clubs), caro (diamonds), cupă or inimă (hearts) and pică (spades). The king is called rege or popă, the queen damă and the jack juvete, valet or (slang) juve.

32 card German suited packs of the William Tell design are also generally available. The suits are ghindă (acorns), verde (leaves), roşu (hearts) and duba (bells); The king is called pătrar or cal (horse, since the king is mounted in this pattern), the upper jack is treiar (three, since in many games it is worth 3 points) and the lower jack doiar (two, because often worth 2 points).

Popular games include:

• Whist - which is not classic whist but a game players try to take the exact number of tricks that they bid.
• Renţ (sometimes transcribed into Germanic spelling as 'Rentz') - which is a compendium game in which most of the contracts involve avoiding taking certain cards in tricks - similar to Barbu or King.
• Şaizeci şi şase is the Romanian equivalent of 66 or Schnapsen, for 2, 3 or 4 players.
• Cruce is another variation of 66, for 2, 3 or 4 players.
• Filicau is a plain-trick game of the Schafkopf group, played with 32 German suited cards.

A few people play a special version of Tarok, using the Austrian 54-card French suited Tarok pack. In most parts of the country it is not very well-known, but it thrives in the Suceava region in the north-east of the country.

Tile Rummy is played with a set of 106 numbered wooden tiles.

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