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1895 Ranked #2,460

Doppelkopf

Trick-taking card game where shifting partnerships and solo hands make every round a new contest. Card values and alliances are not always obvious, so every trick must pursue points while reading who is truly on your side.

Family Games Card Game Trick-taking Team-Based Game

Players

3-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

7+

Complexity

2.94/5

Rating

7.54

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How does it play?

Somewhat complex card game with variable partnerships and several different solo game types. Extremely popular in Germany.

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Somewhat complex card game with variable partnerships and several different solo game types. Extremely popular in Germany. Basic mechanic being collecting tricks where different cards score different amount of points. The rule-set of gameplay differs in many regions of Germany. For example, some regions play with nines and some without, also many special points and solo games are variated in different regions.

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Play and group

Players
3–6
Best with
2
Play time
120 min
Age
7+
Complexity
2.9/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
(Uncredited)

Artists

2
Christian Fiore Klemens Franz

Publishers

1
(Public Domain)

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