Tabletop games
Scherwenzel
Scherwenzel is a tabletop game. It is played with 4 players.
- players
- 4
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The box
- Also known as
- Scharwenzel
About the game
Scherwenzel or Scharwenzel is a 16th-century, German, gambling game played with cards and named after the Unters or Jacks that had special privileges. It appears to have been an elaboration of Grobhäusern or Färbeln played in Germany, Poland, Silesia and Bohemia, but especially in Bavaria in which the Unters were variously known as Scharwenzels, Scherwenzels, Scherers or Wenzels. They, and to some extent also the Nines, functioned as wildcards. According to Adelung, Grobhäusern, on which it was based, was "far simpler than Scherwenzeln".Information from Marquoir’s game database, which cross-checks several open sources. Spotted a mistake? Write to us from the Contact page.