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Perlaggen (regionally also Perlåggen), formerly Perlagg-Spiel [1] ("game of Perlagg"), is a traditional card game which is mainly played in the regions of South Tyrol in Italy, the Tyrolean Oberland and the Innsbruck areas of Austria. It is the only card game to have been recognised by UNESCO as an item of Intangible Cultural Heritage. [2] [3]
A card that is not wild may be referred to as a natural card. [4] In some cases, the wild card or cards must be agreed upon by players before the cards are dealt and play commences. However, in many games, such as Canasta, Perlaggen or Yellow Dwarf, the wild card or cards are a standard feature of the rules.
Games played with 36 cards may be of considerable antiquity as the standard German card pack reduced to 32 cards during the 19th century (see Dummett 1980). Several of these games are attempts to play the Tarot game of Grosstarock with standard French- or German-suited cards.
German playing cards are used for Bieten. It is usually played by 2 or more players, without partnerships, but 3 or 4 players works best. [2] Of the standard deck of 36 cards, the 6 of Acorns, Leaves and Hearts are removed, leaving only the 6 of Bells, the Weli, in play. [3]
In June 2016, Auer succeeded in having this traditional Tyrolean card game was declared by the Austrian UNESCO Commission to be an item of immaterial cultural heritage, the first card game to receive such a status. [2] [3] At the same time, in the Tyrolean Folk Art Museum in Innsbruck, a display cabinet was set up which is devoted to Perlaggen. [4]
As in most rummy games, melds consist of either sets of equal cards, or runs of consecutive cards. Wild cards may be substituted for any number of cards in a set or run. There are twelve meld sets each player must complete as follows: 2- 3 of a kind; 3 a kind, and 1- run of four; 2-4 of a kind; 2- runs of 4; 1- 4 of a kind, and 1- run of 4
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Wild cards cannot be rearranged on a straight to play another card, i.e. Player 1 has a straight of 4–8 of hearts, with a wild standing in for the 5. Player 2 (who is down) cannot play their 5 of hearts and move the wild card somewhere else in the straight. During a player's regular turn, and only if they have already opened, a wild card ...