[2] Rumpel was apparently being played in Erlangen as early as the 1850s because it is mentioned as one of the games, along with Tarock and Skat, that had "long since superseded Schlauch" around that time.

"[7] In 1890, we read of a Rumpel competition taking place in a pub in Griesbach near Passau, alongside the game of Grasobern.

There were prizes: one each for apparently different games or contracts, known as Naturrumpeln, Generalquarte and Mach-Rumpeln, as well as for the most and fewest Stangen (marks) and for each team which finished first.

[8] However, as a student game, Rumpel was introduced to Hauzenberg in the 1970s by teacher, Karl Rothdauscher, who worked there for 31 years.

Rumpel is played today in the county of Passau using a pack of 36 Bavarian pattern cards by four to nine players.

The contracts in each kingdom, together with their individual objectives, are as follows:[3] Rumpel: This special bonus is claimed if anyone has a hand with all the cards from seven to ace.

This game is simply four-hand Rumpel with a pack of 32 Bavarian pattern cards,[c] but with eight or twelve contracts selected from a field of twenty-nine.

In many of the contracts, if a player fully achieves the opposite aim, the remainder lose and incur penalty points.