Zwicken is an old Austrian and German card game for 4 to 6 players, which is usually played for small stakes and makes a good party game. It is one of the Rams group of card games characterised by allowing players to drop out of the current game if they think they will be unable to win any tricks or a minimum number of tricks. Despite a lack of sources, it was "one of the most popular card games played from the 18th to the 20th century in those regions of what is today Austria."
Zwicken is an old Austrian and German card game for 4 to 6 players, which is usually played for small stakes and makes a good party game. It is one of the Rams group of card games characterised by allowing players to drop out of the current game if they think they will be unable to win any tricks or a minimum number of tricks. Despite a lack of sources, it was "one of the most popular card games played from the 18th to the 20th century in those regions of what is today Austria."
== History == Zwicken is an old game. Unknown in the 1760s, it is first recorded in Austria in 1783 in Salzburg as a game of chance, played alongside Stichbrandeln, Brandeln, Aufkarten and Häufeln. Its name zwicken means "to pinch". The game was banned in Upper Austria in the late 1780s and in Styria and Bohemia in the 90s. This ban was extended to the whole of the Austro-Hungarian Empire by 1807. Nevertheless it continued to be played and its rules published during the course of the 19th century. In 19th-century Bavaria it was nicknamed Hombeschen [sic] after state minister von Hompesch introduced financial reforms that saw many pensions withdrawn or cut back.
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