page_title: Grasobern
section_title: Players and cards
hierarchical_section_title: Grasobern / Players and cards
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Schafkopf, Bayerisches Bild
context_page_description: Grasobern, Grasoberl, Grasoberln, Graseberla, Grünobern, Lauboberl or Laubobern is a card game that was once commonly played in Old Bavaria, especially in the old counties of Bad Aibling and Rosenheim, and is still popular in eastern Bavaria, especially in Upper Palatinate. The game has relatively simple rules and thus a rather relaxing and leisurely character without the mental demands of Schafkopf or psychological stress of Watten.
context_section_description: Grasobern is usually played with four players and a traditional pack of 32 Bavarian-pattern playing cards, although it can theoreticall be played with as few as three or as many as eight players. In the trade, card packs are usually marketed under the name Tarock/Schafkopf, from which the Sixes are removed in order to play Grasobern. Each player is dealt the same number (e. g. 40) of counters or coins (Spielmünzen or Blöcke) of the same value (e. g. 5 euro cents); at the end the difference is balanced out by 'buying' (Zukaufen i.e. losses) or 'selling' (Verkaufen i.e. winnings).
  In Austria, William Tell packs are always used and the game may be played with 32 or 36 cards.
caption: Bavarian pattern deck
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