Bruus

Bruus, formerly Brusbart, is an old German card game for 4 players that is still played in North Frisia. The game is descended from the oldest known card game in Europe, Karnöffel, a fact testified by its unusual card ranking and lack of a uniform trump suit.

Bruus
The three top trumps in Bruus
OriginNorth Germany
TypePlain-trick game
FamilyKarnöffel group
Players4
Cards32
DeckFrench pack
PlayClockwise
Card rank (highest first)J♣ K♥ 8♠ 9 A J Fosi
Related games
Brus, Bräus
Features 'daring' and 'tormenting';
double and triple tricks.

Bruus is designed for four players and may be played with 32 or 36 cards of a French pack, each of the four suits comprising the cards 6-10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace. In the 32-card game, the Sixes are removed.

Brus is one of a family of games descended from Karnöffel, the oldest European card game with a continuous tradition of play down to the present day.[1] These games are characterised by "the wildly disturbed ranking order in the chosen suit and particularly by the special role of the chosen Seven."[2] Close relatives include Russian Bruzbart or Dulya, Livonian Brusbart, Polish Druzbart, Danish and Estonian Brus and Greenlandic Voormsi. More distant cousins include Faroese Styrivoltur and Schleswig Knüffeln.[3]

References
  1. Dummett (1981), p. 130
  2. McLeod (1996), pp. 54/55
  3. Smith (1997), pp. 45-51

Literature
  • Dummett, Michael (1978). Reviews of "Der Nidwaldener Kaiserjass Und Seine Geschichte" and "Der Kaiserjass, Wie Er Heute in Nidwalden Gespielt Wird" in The Playing Card, Vol. 9, No. 4, May 1981.
  • McLeod, John (1996). "Styrivolt, Vorms and Cicera" in The Playing Card, Volume 25, No. 2.
  • Smith, Anthony (1997). "Voormsi: A Greenlandic Descendant of Karnöffel" in The Playing-Card with which is incorporated Playing-Card World; Journal of the International Playing-Card Society, Vol. 26, by Beal, ed. George, July/August 1997 - May/June 1998. Published by The International Playing-Card Society, ISSN 0305-2133.
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