Trischaken

Trischaken is an historical Austrian, German and Polish gambling card game for three to five players.

[3] An indication of its distribution is given by its inclusion in a 1771 Bremen-Lower Saxon dictionary[4] and its description as "popular" in Bavaria from at least the late 18th[5] to mid-19th century.

[7] In 1871 it was described as a game of chance, popular with peasants "in the provinces" and played with the "large old German cards", which presumably meant 36- or even 48-card, German-suited packs.

and adds that, "likewise karnöfeln means playing as well as thrashing", referring to another widespread card game of the time.

[10] A detailed description in German of the rules of Brelan (aka Trischaken) is given in Pierer's Universal Lexikon, Volume 3 in 1868.

[11] According to Popowitsch (1705–1774), the Austrian game of Trischack (Trischackspiel) was played with 3 cards and the Jack (Bub) or Nine – known as Pamfili – of each suit are wild.

[citation needed] Schmidt suggests an actual link with Karnöffel as well as a game called Treschack, played with 3 Kings (It.

[1] In modern times, Trischaken is the name of a null contract in the popular European Tarot card game of Königrufen.