page_title: Schnapsen
section_title: Cards
hierarchical_section_title: Schnapsen / Rules / Cards
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch-französische Schnapskarten
context_page_description: Schnapsen or Schnapser is a card game of the Bézique family that is very popular in Bavaria and the territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. The game is similar to Sixty-Six. It is the national card game of Austria. Schnapsen has been described as "an inherently intense game that requires a lot of concentration and so isn't good for socializing, but it's a challenging game whose interest never wavers."
context_section_description: Depending very much on the region, Schnapsen is either played with French or Double German playing cards, also known as the William Tell pattern. For tournaments in which players from different regions meet, there are special Double German-French cards (see illustration). Schnapsen is played with a deck of 20 cards unlike Sechsundsechzig, the game it resembles, which uses 24 cards. Unlike Sechsundsechzig, the 9 is not used in Schnapsen.
  In each suit there are five cards:
  Regionally, the Ober is called the Manderl, and the Unter is referred to as the Bauer.
caption: Double German-French Schnapsen cards
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