It bears a certain resemblance to the extinct 19th-century game of Piquesept, however without the special rules associated with the trump Seven.
As Herzblättchen it is mentioned as early as 1952 on the ladies' page of a south Baden newspaper as being "treasured by adults" alongside Bridge, Skat and Tarock.
[1] The first rules for Herzblatt appear in a German games compendium in 1966 and has been published sporadically since, both in print and online.
The values in card points are: Ace 11, Ten 10, King 4, Ober 3, Unter 2, remainder 0.
After the cards have been dealt, each player is asked in turn whether he wishes to become the soloist and plays against the others.
Once the soloist is decided, he picks up the skat, adds it to his hand and discards 2 cards which count towards his score at the end.
[6] Herzblatt resembles the Frage contract of German Tarok and its descendant Bavarian Tarock.