Lampeln or Lampln is an old Bavarian and Austrian plain-trick card game that is still played in a few places today.

[8][4][9] In 2017, volunteer firemen at the fire station in Schäflohe claimed to be the only ones in the province of Upper Palatinate who played Lampeln.

[10] The name is derived from lampeln (Bavarian: lambben) which means lambing, because players who fail to take the minimum two tricks are called 'lambs'.

Its distinguishing feature is 'hop and jump', whereby the role of dealer may switch to another player as a result of the cut and further contributions are paid to build up the pot more rapidly, which gives this variant more of a gambling flavour.

The hand begins with the dealer paying an ante of 40 euro cents to the pot (Stock or Kassa) and shuffling the pack.

[2] Beginning with forehand, the players announce, in clockwise order, whether they will "play" (mitgehen = "go with [the dealer]") or "pass" (daheimbleiben = "I'll stay at home") i.e. drop out of the current deal.

If there are only 40 cents (or fewer) left in the pot at the beginning of a deal, it is an 'empty game' (leeres Spiel) and no-one is allowed to stay at home.

[2] This is simpler than the Austrian version, primarily because it omits the 'hop and jump' feature and makes it more suitable as a social, rather than a gambling, game.

The bottom card of the top stack is placed face up and determines the trump suit.

If the dealer decides to "play" (ich spiele or i spui) then 2 × 4 cards are dealt in clockwise order beginning with forehand.

Now the other players decide whether to play or "pass" (weg or weida), based on the number of trumps and Aces they hold.