Brede Mette

Brede Mette' or Bræ'e Mæt, is a Danish card game,^[1] originating in Funen for 2 or more players. It is reminiscent of the North Jutland game of Rakker. It has been played in Denmark since at least 1950.^[2]

Cards

The Jokers are removed from a

cannot be beaten, only passed on or picked up.

Preliminaries

The first

suit

except ♦Q.

Play

drawn

to get back up to three again. This is done as soon as the number of cards drops below 3 which may occur several times during a turn. If there are not enough cards in stock, the player draws all the remainder.

Exchanging

Exchanging works in this way. Suppose Clubs are trumps and first hand opens by playing ♥Q and ♠Q to the table. If second hand has, say, the ♣2 and ♣J, these trumps may be played on top of the Queens to beat them both individually. Having only one card left, second hand now draws 2 cards from stock and if they turn out to be the ♥K and ♠K, the trumps may be picked up again and the two Kings played on the Queens to beat them. In other words, after drawing fresh cards from the stock a player may choose one or more different cards with which to beat those of the earlier player, picking up those just played.

Beating

To beat one or more cards, a player must either have a card of higher rank or have one that is a trump (however, if the earlier player has played a trump, this must be

– see illustration).

Brede Mette

Brede Mette is the "Red Queen" (rutter dame or rutter dam) i.e. the ♦Q. She cannot be beaten or trumped, but can be passed on. Whoever ends up with this card at the end of the game is Brede Mette and has lost the game.

Footnotes

References

Bibliography

• Dedichen, Herman, ed. (1971). Spillefuglen (10. ed.). Politikens Forlag. pp. 127–129.
• Schenkmanis, Ingalil og Ulf (1999). Bogen om kortspil (2. ed.). Aschehoug. pp. 97–98.