I looked out for Doppelkopf browser games and Android apps and sure enough there are plenty of them. As you might imagine, practising multiplayer game on your own is quite challenging. So my friends often make up for my lack of skills.Īt one point I thought that I should have some practice to improve my game. Fortunately Doppelkopf is a team effort and you rarely play on your own in a game. I’m bad at tactics and I can’t remember which cards have already been played in the current game. I don’t dare to play a Solo because I know I’ll screw up. I’m not good at memorizing all the special rules that are out there. I have to admit that I kind of suck at Doppelkopf. Playing Doppelkopf in a Cafe in Hamburg, not meant to be a shameless plug for Astra The countless hours of fun and socializing really make up for it. Despite the steep learning curve it’s really rewarding to learn the game. For bystanders a conversation about the game simply sounds like a bunch of gibberish. To make it even more difficult, every group of players tends to have their very own set of extra rules. It’s all about taking tricks and getting the beter score for your party. It’s best played with four players who form two different parties in each game ( Re and Kontra). It has a lot of rules, exceptions from these rules and the occasional exception from these exceptions. They always seem fascinated or even nostalgic by the archaic scenery of people playing traditional card games these days.ĭoppelkopf is a complex game. Every now and then a stranger stops by to kibitz. It’s great fun and a nice breakout from my otherwise overly digitalised daily life. Now we’re meeting once a week at a random pub or down at the harbour, have a beer or two and play Doppelkopf. Knowing the basics of the game I was excited to join. It’s intimidating.Įarlier this year, some friends asked me if I wanted to join their Doppelkopf group in Hamburg. They’ve seen it all, have played every hand there is to play and recognize every tiny mistake you do. After all, these folks have been playing that game all their lives. Try playing with your grandparents and you’ll learn what losing looks like. I was good enough to internalize the basic rules but never good enough that I could challenge more experienced players. Luckily, I learned the complex rules of Doppelkopf from my parents when I was a child. “Die Skatpartie” by Josef Wagner-Höhenberg Going to the pub you could sometimes spot people playing these games as well. Later at school, people played Skat or Doppelkopf in their breaks. I remember my father and my uncles playing Doppelkopf for countless hours every year when we visited my grandmother (also an avid Doppelkopf player) for Christmas. One of these things is learning to play card games like “Skat” or “Doppelkopf”. Growing up sorrounded by woods and fields you get to appreciate some rather traditional, maybe even old-fashioned parts of German culture. I grew up in the countryside of northern Germany.
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