[1] The rules resemble those of Piquet and Mariage (Sixty-six), and David Parlett refers to it as a trick-and-draw version of the international classic, two-hander, Klaberjass.

[2] Tatteln went under a wide variety of names including Tärtel,[3] Törteln,[2] Tertelé,[2] Franzefuß,[1] Frantsfuus,[4][5] Därdechen,[1] Därde,[1] Därdel[3] and Derdeln.

[2] Recorded as early as 1801 in Hamburg,[6] as well as in Denmark as Frantsfuus-Spillet,[4] the rules of Tatteln were also published in Austria in 1829[7] and, as Tattelnspiel, in Germany in 1830.

"[9] The game does not seem to have survived the 19th century, its rules being last recorded by Ulmann in 1890, who calls it Franzefuß, but also acknowledges that it is known as Tatteln, Därdechen or Därde.

As Tärtele, however, the game remained popular in Alsace until World War II.

The Oeconomische Encyclopädie describes the numerous variants and additional rules thus: 'The description of this game in the "Neuestes Allgemeines Spielbuch".

Almost every participant soon experienced its inadequacy, encountered inconsistencies and tried to remedy these shortcomings, with or without expertise, by his own additions and omissions, and to give this patching up at least authority within his own circles, which is why the game has very different forms; because in some areas it is played in a completely different way, often against all reason, the only basis for any respectable or competitive game.etc.'