Husarln ("Hussar") is a mid-20th century, three-hand card game of the Austrian branch of the Tarot family.

[1] The game is dominated by the distribution of Tarocks, giving it a "brisk and energetic feel" that is reflected in its name.

[3] These games have been featured in literature such as Herzmanovsky-Orlando's Maskenspiel der Genien and Johann Nestroy's Zu ebener Erde und im ersten Stock.

[7] In the earliest known rules, Löw states that the bidding is similar to that of Illustrated Tarock,[a] a game also first recorded by him in 1954.

[10][11][12] Confusingly, Beck, Bamberger and Grupp call it Block Tarock which, as Dummett notes, is the name of an earlier and quite different game.

The Kings lose their significance and the game is totally dominated by the distribution of the Tarocks [Tarot cards].

[14] Like a number of other Tarock games played in Austria and the lands of the former Habsburg Empire, Husarln uses a 54-card deck of the Industrie und Glück type described at Königrufen (pictured), but with all the pip cards removed, bar the black Tens and red Aces, to leave 42 cards.

The declarer initially turns over the top card of the talon and, if he buys it, the game is worth 3 points.

Second, the game points for winning and for bonuses are calculated and added to the players' scores for the session.

The card values are: Kings and Honours (I, XXI, Sküs) – 5; Queens – 4; Cavaliers – 3; Valets – 2; remaining Tarocks, Aces and Tens – 1 point.

[15] The following table shows the game points scores used by Löw, Beck and Bamberger for comparison.

Bamberger acknowledges that the normal scoring system (Bam 1 in the table) appears to be rather illogical; for example, if a player has a good hand in combination with the first pair or first card that he turns over, why would he not then turn over the rest of the pack in order just to increase his potential points?

e.g. "1st pair" means that the player has declared a Zweiblatt and selected the first 2 cards of the talon without exposing any of the others.