Gaigel is a card game from the Württemberg region of Germany and is traditionally played with Württemberg suited cards. It is a Swabian variant of Sechsundsechzig and may be played with 2, 3, 4 or 6 players. However, a significant difference from Sechsundsechzig and other related games like Bauernschnapsen is the use of a double card deck. The four-player game is usually called Kreuzgaigel. The game emerged in the early 19th century.
Gaigel is a card game from the Württemberg region of Germany and is traditionally played with Württemberg suited cards. It is a Swabian variant of Sechsundsechzig...
German pack (2 packs each of 4 x AKOUT7): Binokel (G) Doppelkopf (F or G) Gaigel (G) Penuchle (F) French-suited packs (4 x AKQJT98765432): 3-2-5 3-5-8 500...
(2x24) is used for Doppelkopf. Another doubled deck version for Binokel and Gaigel replaces rank nine with sevens. Swiss-suited cards are commonly used only...
and online, special packs designed for Binokel are sold under the name "Gaigel/Binokel" and use German-suited, Württemberg pattern cards. There are four...
However this pattern is now only available in packs of 2 × 24 for playing Gaigel and Binokel. The Sow is marked with an "A" and often called an Ace, although...
another. Signalling, known as winken (the same term used in the game of Gaigel) is recorded as late as 1865, but appears to have dropped out by this point...
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