Bettelmann ("Beggar Man") or Tod und Leben ("Death and Life")[a] is a simple, trick-taking card game for 2 players that is suitable for children.

[2][1][3] The game is usually played by children and originally used a 32-card German-suited pack (Pierer and Gööck); later rules (Feder and Müller) only cite French-suited cards.

Pierer adds the rule that a player down to the last 3 cards may look at them and (presumably) play them in any order to the next trick(s).

[2] In some sources the rules for Tod und Leben are identical to those of Bettelmann.

[4] However, Feder (1980), Gööck (1967), Müller (1994) and Ethische Kultur (1893) all state that, in Tod und Leben, the cards are first divided into those of the red suits - the Goodies (die Guten) or Life (Leben) - and those of the black suits - the Baddies (die Bösen) or Death (Tod).