Unteransetzen

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Unteransetzen
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Unteransetzen, Unteranlegen, Unterauflegen or Unterlegen is an

French pack). It is a classic children's game.[1]

Overview

Although

Hearts is the starting card (Rot-Mandl-Auflegen, Rot-Unter-Ansetzen or Herz Unter anlegen[2]), those in which the Unter of Leaves is the leading card (Grünmandlansetzen or Grünunteransetzen) and those in which any Unter may start (Unter-Anlegen, Unter-Ansetzen, Unter-Auflegen or Unterlegen).[1]

Unteransetzen is also a component of

Cards

The game is usually played with a

Bavarian pattern pack in Bavaria. In a 2-player game, a third of the pack is placed, face down, as a talon from which to draw. Otherwise all cards are dealt. Cards rank in their natural order – Sow, King, Ober, Unter, Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven – and there are no trumps.[1]

Playing

A game of Unteransetzen under way

Usually the player with the Unter of Hearts leads; sometimes the Unter of Leaves is used (hence names like Grünunteransetzen). In clockwise order, players then attempt to 'build' onto the first card by laying next to it the next higher or lower card in suit sequence i.e. the second player would play either the Ober of Hearts or the Ten of Hearts. If a player cannot build in the same suit, they may lay another Unter, above or below the first, in suit order i.e. the U above the U or the U below the U.[5] If they cannot build on an existing suit sequence or on the existing Unters, they must pass and, in a 2-hand game, draw another card from the talon.[6]

The player who is first to shed all their cards is the winner.[6]

Related games

Buurnleggen

In North Germany there is a game called Buurnleggen (Bauernlegen i.e. Jack-laying). It is described as a simple card game in which a Jack is placed on the table and players complete the rest of the suit before and after it. A player with no suitable card, but with another Jack, may start a new row. The winner is the first to shed all cards held.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Geiser (2004), p. 48.
  2. ^ Wohlgenannt (2020), pp. 20–21.
  3. ^ Spielregelbüchlein (1988), pp. 175/176
  4. ^ Herzeln at www.spieletest.at. Retrieved 4 Nov 2018
  5. ^ Hülsemann 1930, pp. 285/286.
  6. ^ a b Bamberger & Bruhns 1999, p. 71.
  7. ^ Westmünsterländische Dialekte at neon.niederlandistik.fu-berlin.de. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

Literature

  • Altenburger Spielfabrik, Erweitetes Spielregelbüchlein aus Altenburg, 8th edition, Dresden (1988)
  • Bamberger, Johannes; Bruhns, Erika (1999). Kartenspiele für Kinder. .
  • Geiser, Remigius (2004). "100 Kartenspiele des Landes Salzburg", in Talon, Issue 13.
  • Hülsemann, Robert (1930). Das Buch der Spiele. Leipzig: Hesse & Becker.
  • Wohlgenannt, Günther (2020). Jassen in Vorarlberg. Lustenau: Buchdruckerei Lustenau.

External links

  • "Unter-Anlegen" in Spiel und Spaß mit Freunden at /www.kirchenzeitung.at. Rules for Unter-Anlegen.