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May 23, 2026·How to play·40:24·454·Watch on YouTube

Doppelkopf: A Complete Introduction

Rat Bastard Dan

Rat Bastard Dan

Watch “Doppelkopf: A Complete Introduction,” a how-to-play guide for Doppelkopf from Rat Bastard Dan on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Rat Bastard Dan on YouTube:

This is a complete English language introduction to the classic German card game Doppelkopf. This is intended to be fairly comprehensive, so it's broken down into sections with these time stamps: 1:41 Trick Taking Basics 3:27 German Card Games 6:32 Doppelkopf Cards & Play 14:41 Scoring & Announcements 22:10 Reservations & Full Games 34:48 Popular & Fun Variants I have a score summary sheet available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GvbsUIlgEkJPfFCGX1aIWbWzKfOsdwjJ/view?usp=drive_link The Doppelkopf Lite app shown starting at 31:29 is produced by Isar Interactive GmbH. It is available for iOS and Android. Please comment below if you notice any errors, have further questions, or if you found this content useful. Thanks for watching!

Doppelkopf

Doppelkopf

1895

3 - 6 players
120 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About Doppelkopf, from BoardGameGeek:

Somewhat complex card game with variable partnerships and several different solo game types. Extremely popular in Germany. Basic mechanic being collecting tricks where different cards score different amount of points. The rule-set of gameplay differs in many regions of Germany. For example, some regions play with nines and some without, also many special points and solo games are variated in different regions.

Artists

Christian Fiore, Klemens Franz, 別府さい (Sai Beppu)

Categories

Card Game

Mechanics

NegotiationTrick-taking & Climbing
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