Kaiserspiel, also called Kaisern or Cheisärä, is a card game, usually for 4 or 6 players, that is played in parts of Switzerland using a variant of the standard pack of Swiss playing cards with 40 or 48 cards. It is a descendant of Karnöffel, one of the oldest card games known.Kaiserspiel at www.pagat.com. Retrieved 4 Jun 2018. It is sometimes misleadingly called Kaiserjass, although it has nothing to do with the Jass family of games popular in Switzerland.
Cards The Kaiserspiel pack comprises four suits: Shields, Flowers, Bells and Acorns, each of ten cards ranked: King, Ober, Unter, Banner, (9), (8), 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 (Deuce). The four Banners are normally part of the trump suit and are known as Kaisers, hence the name of the game. In the 40-card variants, the 8s and 9s are removed. There are no aces.
The game
Kaiserspiel is a trick-taking game.
References
External links Matthew Macfadyen and Kirsty Healey, rev. John McLeod. Kaiserspiel at www.pagat.com. Retrieved 4 Jun 2018.