The game resembles Russian Bank patience for two, but is easier to play.
Rabouge goes under various other names including Rappuse,[1] Rapuse,[1] Grabuge, Grabouge, Rapouse and Rabuse.
By around 1830, it had fallen out of fashion, but then experienced a revival, becoming "very popular" in late 19th century Germany and surviving into the early 20th.
[4] Each player shuffles a pack and has it cut by the player to the left before removing the top 7 cards and placing them, unseen and face down, as a personal reserve, confusingly called the stock (German: Stock).
The rest of the pack, which would normally be called the stock, forms the player's supply of 'riddance cards'.
The game exists in several variations, but the winner is always the first player to play all his cards or, in the event that an impasse is reached, the one with the most Rabouges.