Viennese Grosstarock
Austrian three-player card game
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Description
Viennese Grosstarock is a Tarock card game for three-players played with a 54-card Tarock pack. The name, which means 'big tarock', refers to the size of the pack which was larger than the 40-card pack used for the more common game of Zwanzigerrufen. In the same way, the name 'Grosstarock' was used in the 19th-century to refer to the original 78-card game at a time when the 54-card game was introduced and spreading throughout Austria and into Germany. However, the two games are not directly related.[1]
Unique features of the Viennese Grosstarock include its "idiosyncratic method of counting the cards" and the ability of an opponent to pick up the declarer's discards and play a higher contract.[1]