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{{Infobox card game
| title =Tapp
| subtitle =
| image_link = [[File:Jass-Tapp card pack.jpg|150px]]
| image_caption =''Typical Tapp card pack''
| alt_names = Württemberg Tarock, Solo, Sans Prendre, Tappen, Dapp, Dappen
| type = [[Point-trick]]
| family = [[German Tarok]] group
| players = 3–5 (normally 3)
| ages =
| num_cards = 36
| deck = French ([[Berlin pattern]])
| play = Clockwise
| card_rank = D 10 K O U 9 - 6 or<br>A 10 K Q J 9 - 6
| origin = [[Germany]]
| related = [[Bauerntarock]]{{*}}[[Bavarian Tarock]]{{*}}[[Dobbm]]{{*}}[[Frog (American card game)|Frog]]
| playing_time = 
| random_chance = 
| skills =
| footnotes = Contracts: Frage, Solo & Heart Solo (classic);<br>plus Bettel, Rufer and Tout (modern Tapp)
}}

'''Tapp''' (Swabian: '''Dapp''' or '''Dappen''') is a [[trick-taking]], [[card game]] for 3 or 4 players using 36 [[French-suited cards]] that is played in the south German region of [[Swabia]], especially in the former [[Kingdom of Württemberg]]. It is the French-suited offshoot of [[German Tarok]]; its German-suited form being called '''Württemberg Tarock''' ({{langx|de|Württembergischer Tarock}}) in that region.<ref name="zeno">[http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905/A/Tapp Entry in ''Meyers Großem Konversations-Lexikon'', Vol. 19. Leipzig, 1909, p. 319.]</ref>  Tapp is one of a family of similar games that include [[Bavarian Tarock]], the Austrian games of [[Bauerntarock]] and [[Dobbm]], and the American games of [[Frog (American card game)|frog]] and [[six-bid solo]]. Although probably first played in the early nineteenth century,{{sfn|Dummett|1980|p=557-561}} the game of Tapp is still a local pastime in its native [[Württemberg]], albeit in a greatly elaborated form.

== History ==

=== German Tarok ===
{{main|German Tarok}}

Tapp has its origins in [[German Tarok]] which was an attempt to play the German [[tarot game]] of [[Grosstarock]] with an ordinary 36-card [[German-suited pack]]. German Tarok emerged in the late 18th century and was popular enough for card packs to be designed for it and named 'Tarok' packs. The earliest version of this three-player game had Hearts as a permanent [[trump suit]] and the [[dealer (card player)|dealer]] kept the 3-card [[skat (cards)|skat]], [[discard (cards)|discarding]] 3 cards before play began. Thus there was no [[bidding (cards)|bidding]]. This was superseded around 1840 by a more interesting and challenging game initially called Sansprendre, but which later took over the name of German Tarok. In this game there was an [[auction (cards)|auction]] in which players could bid ''Frage'' to exchange with the skat and play alone against the two [[defender (card player)|defenders]], or bid ''Solo'' to play without the use of the skat. In either case, the skat belonged to the [[declarer (card player)|declarer]] at the end.<ref name=SSR>''Das Sansprendre-Spiel'' or ''SSR'' (1839), pp. 3–4.</ref> German Tarok became very popular, especially in Bavaria, through to the [[First World War]].

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=== Württemberg Tarock ===
[[File:Württembergischer Tarock.jpg|thumb|Württemberg pattern cards]]
German Tarok was also known as '''Solo'''{{sfn|Anton|1879|p=528}} or '''Sans Prendre'''{{sfn|Anton|1879|p=528}}; it is not known if these names also applied to the French-suited game. To be clarified. 
According to Dummett, like its relative [[Bauerntarock]], Tapp is probably of "considerable antiquity", originating in the "first two decades of the nineteenth century" and one of a family of games that began as a means of playing Tapp Tarock with a German-suited pack. However, Tapp has a number of variants. Dummett surmises that the earliest rules reflect those of Beck,{{sfn|Beck|pp=168/169|1983}} corroborated by Braun,{{sfn|Braun|1966}} where Hearts form the permanent trump suit, emulating the tarocks in Tapp Tarock, and there were only two contracts: ''Frage''{{efn|The ''Frage'' contract gave its name to the American game of [[Frog (American card game)|Frog]] which was derived from this family of games. ''Frage'' is pronounced "Frah-ger".}} (with the ''tapp'') and ''Solo'' (without the ''tapp'').{{efn|Of course, ''Frage'', ''Solo'' and ''Sans Prendre'' are all contracts from the game of [[Ombre]], an old game of Spanish origin which, for decades, was very popular throughout Europe.}} The game was probably played with Württemberg pattern cards{{efn|This is Dummett's view, but unlikely as Württemberg pattern cards were not invented until 1865. Moreover, it is no longer possible to use them to play Tapp as they are only available as shortened packs of 2 x 24 cards marketed for the games of [[Gaigel]] and [[Binokel]], the 36-card packs being last produced in the 1980s.}} and there may also have a [[Pagat]]-like bonus, as in [[Bauerntarock]]. Dummett refers to this as Württembergischer Tarock.{{sfn|Dummett|1980|p=557-561}}--> 
=== Tapp (19th century) ===
As early as 1879, Anton describes the game of Tapp with a third [[contract (cards)|contract]]. This was effectively the Swabian name of the game otherwise called German Tarok in Bavaria and elsewhere. In this game the original bid of ''Solo'' became ''Coeursolo'' or ''Herzsolo'' ("Heart Solo") and ''Solo'' became, in effect, a Suit Solo where the declarer could nominate another suit as trumps and, as in ''Herzsolo'' does not use the ''tapp''.{{sfn|Anton|1879|pp=528/529}} This variant Dummett calls Tapp. Since Beck described the earlier version in the 1980s, it would appear that the two variants co-existed for over a century.{{sfn|Dummett|1980|p=557-561}}

In 1901, Tapp was reported to be one of the most popular [[penny ante (cards)|penny ante]] games in the city of [[Pforzheim]] in [[Grand Duchy of Baden|Baden]] alongside [[Cego]], [[Sixty-Six (card game)|Sixty-Six]], [[Skat (card game)|Skat]] and Tarrock (possibly [[Dreierles]]).{{sfn|Stolz|1901|p=592}}

=== Tapp or Dapp (20th century) ===
The later version of Tapp, also called '''Dapp''' or '''Dappen''' in the south German dialect, appears to be an elaboration of the original game in which the contracts of Frage, Solo and Heart Solo – together with the bonuses for a slam (''Tout'') – have been supplemented by Rufer, Bettel and Ramsch.<ref name=NSV>[https://nsv-spiele.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tapp-spielanleitung.pdf ''Tapp-Spielanleitung''] at nsv.de. Retrieved 2 Mar 2019.</ref> This expanded variant had emerged no later than the period following the [[Second World War]].<ref name=SN/>

In the village of [[Backnang]], 30 kilometres northeast of [[Stuttgart]], the older farmers regularly played Dapp (''Dabba'') with 36 cards and contracts including suit games, Bettel, Rufer, Durch and Ramsch (Swabian: ''ãnn Rõndå''). Some played for money that went into a tin called a ''Kirchles'' that they saved up and donated to buy confirmation clothing for poor children at church. They were known as ''Kirchlesdabbr'' (church Dapp players).<ref name=SN>[https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.dialekt-was-ist-ein-kirchlesdabbr.31ed81eb-3300-43a9-b495-433a38683cf2.html ''Was ist ein Kirchlesdabbr?''] at stuttgarter-nachrichten.de. Retrieved 20 Septemberg 2022.</ref>

However, according to Dummett, it is highly likely that the original versions of Tapp were still being played in Swabia in the 1970s{{sfn|Dummett|1980|p=557-561}} and there is also evidence that an early variant, simply called [[Bavarian Tarock|Tarock]], has survived in Bavaria.{{sfn|Sirch|2008|pp=47/47}}

Since at least 2017 there have been local ''Dapp'' tournaments in the village of [[Igelsberg]] in the [[Black Forest]].<ref>[https://www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de/inhalt.freudenstadt-fair-und-diszipliniert.f96170bc-1c8a-4208-a728-883ff53125b6.html ''Fair und Diszipliniert''] at schwarzwaelder-bote.de. Retrieved 28 March 2022.</ref>

Related Swiss games played today include ''Zuger Tapp'' and ''Schellen Tapp''; both are designed, however, for four players. They are played with Swiss cards.

== Names ==
In 1879, Anton refers to the 3-contract game as Tapp, but cites other names as Württembergischer Tarok, Solo and Sans Prendre.{{sfn|Anton|1879|p=528}} In 1947 it is recorded in Bohemia as Sans Prendre, the name being a reference to play without picking up the talon.{{sfn|Honl|p=21|1947}}{{efn|Interestingly, in 1855, Vanderheid states that Tapp Tarock with just 42 cards was especially popular in Bohemia and Moravia. See [http://www.tarock.info/vanderheid1855.htm#Tappen www.tarock.info]}} In 1951, Schlager knows the game as Tapp, Tappen or Dappen and records that it is extensively played in the [[Swabia]]n region of Württemberg with either German- or French-suited cards.{{sfn|Schlager|1951|pp=293-307}} In 1983, Beck just refers to the 2-contract game as the ''Württembergische Variante''.{{sfn|Beck|pp=168/169|1983}}

== Cards ==
Card packs marketed as ''Jass/ Tapp'' cards were sold until around 2020 specifically for the game, but a [[shortened pack|shortened]] [[French pack]] of 36 cards may also be used. If German-suited cards are used, a [[Schafkopf]]/Tarock pack will be needed. All are now easily obtainable online. The originally 36-card Württemberg pattern packs with German-suit symbols ceased production in the 1980s and only 2x24 card packs are now obtainable in that pattern (used for [[Binokel]] and [[Gaigel]]).

=== Card points ===
Tapp traditionally consists of 9 cards in the four [[suit (cards)|suits]] of [[Hearts (card suit)|Hearts (''Herz'')]], [[Diamonds (card suit)|Diamonds (''Karo'')]], [[Clubs (card suit)|Clubs (''Kreuz'')]] and [[Spades (card suit)|Spades (''Schippen'' or ''Pik'')]], with the following values:

{| class="wikitable" align="float:left"  style="background-color:white"
 |- style="background-color:#B3B7FF"
| colspan="9" align="center" | '''Ranks and card-point values of cards'''
|-
| style="background:#efefef;" | '''German-suited cards'''
| A/D || 10 || K || O || U || 9 || 8 || 7 
|-
| style="background:#efefef;" | '''French-suited cards'''
|  &nbsp;&nbsp;A || 10 || K || Q || J || 9 || 8 || 7 
|- align="center"
| style="background:#efefef;" | '''Value'''
| 11 || 10 || 4 || 3 || 2
| colspan=3 | –
|}

=== Card ranking ===
The trick-taking ability or ranking of the cards within their individual suits from Ace / Deuce (highest) to Six (lowest) is shown by the sequence in the table below.

{| style="wikitable" style="float: middle; background: #c0c0c0; margin-left: 1em; border-spacing: 1px;"
 |- align="center"
 | style="background: #c0c8f8;" colspan="3" width="480"| '''German deck'''
 |- align="center"
 | colspan="3" | Permanent trumps - Hearts (except in Suit Solo)
 |- align="center"
 | colspan="3" style="background: #e3e3e3;" |  [[File:Bay_herz.png]]D [[File:Bay_herz.png]]10 [[File:Bay_herz.png]]K [[File:Bay_herz.png]]O [[File:Bay_herz.png]]U [[File:Bay_herz.png]]9 [[File:Bay_herz.png]]8 [[File:Bay_herz.png]]7 [[File:Bay_herz.png]]6
 |- align="center"
 | colspan="3" | Plain suits
 |- align="center"
 | style="background: #e3e3e3;"| [[Acorns (card suit)|Acorns]]
 | style="background: #e3e3e3;"| Leaves
 | style="background: #e3e3e3;"| Bells
 |- align="center"
 | style="background: #ffffff;" | [[File:Bay_eichel.png]]D [[File:Bay_eichel.png]]10 [[File:Bay_eichel.png]]K [[File:Bay_eichel.png]]O [[File:Bay_eichel.png]]U [[File:Bay_eichel.png]]9 [[File:Bay_eichel.png]]8 [[File:Bay_eichel.png]]7 [[File:Bay_eichel.png]]6
 | style="background: #ffffff;" | [[File:Bay_gras.png]]D [[File:Bay_gras.png]]10 [[File:Bay_gras.png]]K [[File:Bay_gras.png]]O [[File:Bay_gras.png]]U [[File:Bay_gras.png]]9 [[File:Bay_gras.png]]8 [[File:Bay_gras.png]]7 [[File:Bay_gras.png]]6
 | style="background: #ffffff;" | [[File:Bay_schelle.png]]D [[File:Bay_schelle.png]]10 [[File:Bay_schelle.png]]K [[File:Bay_schelle.png]]O [[File:Bay_schelle.png]]U [[File:Bay_schelle.png]]9 [[File:Bay_schelle.png]]8 [[File:Bay_schelle.png]]7 [[File:Bay_schelle.png]]6
|- align="center"
 | style="background: #c0c8f8;" colspan="3" width="480"| '''French deck'''
 |- align="center"
 | colspan="3" | Permanent trumps - Hearts (except in Suit Solo)
 |- align="center"
 | colspan="3" style="background: #e3e3e3;" | [[File:Suit Hearts (open clipart).svg|10px]]A [[File:Suit Hearts (open clipart).svg|10px]]10 [[File:Suit Hearts (open clipart).svg|10px]]K [[File:Suit Hearts (open clipart).svg|10px]]Q [[File:Suit Hearts (open clipart).svg|10px]]J [[File:Suit Hearts (open clipart).svg|10px]]9 [[File:Suit Hearts (open clipart).svg|10px]]8 [[File:Suit Hearts (open clipart).svg|10px]]7 [[File:Suit Hearts (open clipart).svg|10px]]6
 |- align="center"
 | colspan="3" | Plain suits
 |- align="center"
 | style="background: #e3e3e3;"| Clubs
 | style="background: #e3e3e3;"| Spades
 | style="background: #e3e3e3;"| Diamonds
 |- align="center"
 | style="background: #ffffff;" | [[File:SuitClubs.svg|10px]]A [[File:SuitClubs.svg|10px]]10 [[File:SuitClubs.svg|10px]]K [[File:SuitClubs.svg|10px]]Q [[File:SuitClubs.svg|10px]]J [[File:SuitClubs.svg|10px]]9 [[File:SuitClubs.svg|10px]]8 [[File:SuitClubs.svg|10px]]7 [[File:SuitClubs.svg|10px]]6
 | style="background: #ffffff;" | [[File:SuitSpades.svg|10px]]A [[File:SuitSpades.svg|10px]]10[[File:SuitSpades.svg|10px]]K [[File:SuitSpades.svg|10px]]Q [[File:SuitSpades.svg|10px]]J [[File:SuitSpades.svg|10px]]9 [[File:SuitSpades.svg|10px]]8 [[File:SuitSpades.svg|10px]]7 [[File:SuitSpades.svg|10px]]6
 | style="background: #ffffff;" | [[File:SuitDiamonds.svg|10px]]A [[File:SuitDiamonds.svg|10px]]10 [[File:SuitDiamonds.svg|10px]]K [[File:SuitDiamonds.svg|10px]]Q [[File:SuitDiamonds.svg|10px]]J [[File:SuitDiamonds.svg|10px]]9 [[File:SuitDiamonds.svg|10px]]8 [[File:SuitDiamonds.svg|10px]]7 [[File:SuitDiamonds.svg|10px]]6
 |}

== Rules ==
The following versions will be described:

* Württemberg Tarock (''Württembergischer Tarock''), the two-contract version based on Dummett and Beck.{{sfn|Beck|pp=168/169|1983}}{{sfn|Dummett|1980|p=557-561}}
* Classic Tapp, the three-contract variant described by Anton and summarised by Dummett.{{sfn|Dummett|1980|p=557-561}}
* Modern Tapp or Dapp, the modern, multi-contract game described by NSV.

=== Württemberg Tarock ===
Württemberg Tarock is described by Beck as a south German variant of 'German Tarock'.{{efn|[[German Tarok]] was predominantly a south German game, although there was a Berlin variant and evidence that it was played elsewhere. However, the Württemberg variant was probably named to distinguish it from German Tarok as played in Bavaria and later called [[Bavarian Tarock]].}} It is a game for three players, played with 36 German-suited (Dummett).{{efn|Beck states French-suited cards, but this is contrary to most sources.}} Deal and play are clockwise and Hearts are permanently trumps. Cards follow the Deuce/Ace - Ten ranking and card values described above.

==== Dealing and bidding ====
Dealer shuffles, offers the cut to his right, and then places 3 cards as a [[talon (cards)|talon]] or ''tapp'' on the table. He then deals 11 cards to each player in packets (4 – 3 – 4). A [[pot (cards)|pot]] may be used as in [[Bavarian Tarock]].

There are two bid options: ''Frage'' and ''Solo''.  ''Frage'' is a bid to score 61 or more points against the two defenders with the aid of the ''tapp'', i.e. the winning bidder may pick up the ''tapp'' and exchange up to 3 cards with it, laying his discards to one side. ''Solo'' is identical, but the talon is not picked up. In either case, the ''tapp'' and any discards belong to the declarer. Bidding starts with [[forehand (card player)|forehand]] who says "pass", "Frage" or "Solo". A player who bid ''Frage' earlier may "hold" a higher bid of ''Solo''.

{| class="wikitable" align="float:left" style="background-color:white" width = "620"
|- style="background-color:#DC143C" 
| colspan="6" align="center" | '''{{fontcolor|white|Contracts in Württemberg Tarock}}'''
|-  style="background: #FDBCB4;" 
| '''Contract''' || '''German name''' || '''Rank''' || '''Description''' || align = "center" | '''Value'''
|-  
| style="background:#efefef;" | Frage ||  ''Frage'' || align = "center" | 1 || Declarer exchanges with ''tapp''; Hearts are trumps || align = "center" | x 1
|-
| style="background:#efefef;" | Solo ||  ''Solo'' || align = "center" | 2 || Declarer plays without ''tapp'' and [[entrump]]s any suit || align = "center" | x 2
|}

Before the first trick is played, the declarer may announce a ''Tout'', also called a ''Schwarz'', ''Durchmarsch'' or ''Valat'', the last term being the same as that used in true Tarock games. This is a contract to take all the tricks. If all pass, the cards are thrown in and the next dealer takes over.

==== Playing ====
Forehand leads to the first trick. Players must follow suit (''[[Farbzwang]]'') or trump if unable to follow (''[[Trumpfzwang]]'') but there is no compulsion to head the trick (i.e. no ''[[Stichzwang]]''). The trick is won by the highest card of the led suit or highest trump if trumps are played. The two defenders keep their tricks in a single pile.

==== Scoring ====
The declarer must score 61 points to win. If both sides score 60, the game is drawn and no-one scores. The winner(s) score 1 game point for every point above 60. This is doubled for a Solo. A ''Tout'' is worth double (Anton) or triple (Beck) the normal score. If a pot is used, the dealer antes two to the pot at the start of the deal. If a ''Frage'' is lost, the declarer pays the same amount to the pot as to each defender. If a ''Solo'' is won, the declarer claims the pot; if lost, he doubles it.

=== Classic Tapp ===
The rules for classic Tapp as described by Anton are the same as those for Württemberg Tarock described above, except that now we see the introduction of the French-suited pack, an additional bid and slightly different scoring. Essentially ''Solo'' becomes ''Herzsolo'' or ''Coeursolo'' (Heart Solo) and the new bid of ''Solo'' is a Suit Solo with the declarer choosing a suit other than Hearts as trumps. ''Frage'' is referred to by Meyer as ''Coeurfrage'', emphasising that Hearts remained trumps for that contract.{{sfn|Meyer|p=518|1889}}

{| class="wikitable" align="float:left" style="background-color:white" width = "620"
|- style="background-color:#B9FFC5"
| colspan="6" align="center" | '''Contracts in classic Tapp'''
|-  style="background: #cef2e0;" 
| '''Contract''' || '''German name''' || '''Rank''' || '''Description''' || align = "center" | '''Value'''
|-  
| style="background:#efefef;" | Frage ||  ''Frage'' || align = "center" | 1 || Declarer exchanges with ''tapp''; Hearts are trumps || align = "center" | x 1/4
|-
| style="background:#efefef;" | Solo ||  ''Solo'' || align = "center" | 2 || Declarer plays without ''tapp'' and [[entrump]]s any suit || align = "center" | x 1/2
|- 
| style="background:#efefef;" | Heart Solo ||  ''Coeursolo'' || align = "center" |  3  || Declarer plays without ''tapp'' and Hearts are trumps || align = "center" | x 1
|-  
|}

==== Scoring ====
In ''Frage''. the winner(s) earn a game point for ''every four'' card points (or part thereof) scored. In ''Solo'' this is effectively doubled i.e. the winner(s) earn a game point for ''every two'' card points scored. A pot may be used as described above.

=== Modern Tapp or Dapp ===
By the time of the post-war period, Tapp had been elaborated well beyond its original rules. It is recorded that during this period it was a popular game with Swabian farmers and was played by three players with 36 cards or 4 with 32 cards. Contracts included: suit games, Bettel, Rufer, Durch and Ramsch.<ref>[https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.dialekt-was-ist-ein-kirchlesdabbr.31ed81eb-3300-43a9-b495-433a38683cf2.html#:~:text=Ihre%20Mutter%20erkl%C3%A4rte%20jedoch%2C%20dass,Konfirmandenkleidern%20f%C3%BCr%20arme%20Kinder%20gespendet. ''Was ist ein Kirchlesdabbr?''] at stuttgarter-nachrichten.de. Retrieved 21 April 2021.</ref>

[[Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag|NSV]] have published rules online that appear to reflect this new version of the traditional Württemberg game. The Ace-Ten ranking and point system are retained. Unfortunately, this ruleset was not archived and is no longer online.

==== Dealing and bidding ====
Deal and play are anti-clockwise. This is the same as Tarock games from which the Tapp family is derived. The first dealer is chosen by lot e.g. the first to draw an Ace. If three play, 11 cards each are dealt and 3 to the ''tapp'' (4-3-tapp-4). If four play, 8 cards each are dealt and 2 packets of 2 to the ''tapp'' (3-tapp-2-tapp-3). Sometimes a 32-card [[Skat pack]] is used.
The player to the right of forehand starts the bidding by saying "play" (''ich spiele'') or "pass" (''weg''). After the first round of bidding, there is a second round where those who want to play state their contract and the highest contract wins. The contracts and their values are:

{| class="wikitable" align="float:left"  style="background-color:white"
|- style="background-color:#3AA8C1"
| colspan="6" align="center" | '''Contracts in modern Tapp'''
|-  style="background: #80DAEB;" 
| '''Contract''' || '''German name''' || '''Rank''' || '''Description''' || align = "center" | '''Value'''
|-  
| style="background:#efefef;" | Frage<br>(optional) ||  ''Farbspiel Herz mit Aufnehmen'' || align = "center" | 1 || Declarer exchanges with ''tapp''; Hearts are trumps || NK{{efn|Not known. NSV state that this is the lowest contract; thus a possible scoring scheme might be: Frage 5c, Solo 10c, Heart Solo 15c, Bettel and Suit Rufer 20c, and all others as per the table.}}
|-
| style="background:#efefef;" | Suit Solo ||  ''Farbspiel: Kreuz, Schippen, Karo'' || align = "center" | 2 || Declarer plays without ''tapp'' and [[entrump]]s any suit except Hearts || align = "center" | 5c
|- 
| style="background:#efefef;" | Heart Solo ||  ''Farbspiel Herz'' || align = "center" |  3  || Declarer plays without ''tapp'' and Hearts are trumps || align = "center" | 10c
|-  
| style="background:#efefef;" | Bettel || ''Bettel (Null-Spiel)'' ||  align = "center" | 4 || Declarer must lose every trick || align = "center" | 15c
|-
| style="background:#efefef;" |  Suit Rufer || ''Rufer: Kreuz, Schippen, Karo'' || align = "center" | 5 || Declarer calls for a card, gives one in exchange and must win every trick || align = "center" | 15c
|-
| style="background:#efefef;" | Heart Rufer ||  ''Rufer: Herz'' || align = "center" | 6 || As Suit Rufer, but Hearts are trumps || align = "center" | 30c
|-
| style="background:#efefef;" | Bettel Ouvert || ''Aufgelegter Bettel (Null-Ouvert)'' || align = "center" | 7 || As Bettel, but declarer must lay cards down, face up, at the start || align = "center" | 30c
|-
| style="background:#efefef;" | Solo Tout ||  ''Durch: Kreuz, Schippen, Karo'' || align = "center" | 8 || Declarer [[entrump]]s any suit except Hearts and must win every trick || align = "center" | 30c
|-
| style="background:#efefef;" | Heart Solo Tout ||  ''Durch: Herz'' || align = "center" | 9 || As Solo Tout, but Hearts are trumps || align = "center" | 60c
|}

If all pass, a ''Ramsch'' is played, whereby players aim to score as few points as possible. Winner of last trick takes the ''tapp''. The player with the most points pays the others 5c or 10c if they have no tricks (''Jungfer'').

==== Play ====
Forehand leads to the first trick, players must follow suit if able. If unable to follow suit, they must play a trump; lacking either they may discard. There is no requirement to head the trick. Highest trump wins or, if none are played, the highest card of the led suit. Trick winner leads to the next trick. The ''tapp'' belongs to the declarer except in a ''Ramsch''.<ref name=NSV/>

==== Settling ====
In a Frage or Solo, the game is lost if the declarer fails to score at least 61 points. In other games the declarer must achieve the aim of losing or winning every trick. If the declarer wins, each defender pays him the game value; if he loses, he pays each defender the game value.<ref name=NSV/>

== Footnotes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
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* {{cite journal |last=Eaton |first=Paul |year=2022 | title=German Tarok - Part 3: Württemberg Tapp | journal=The Playing-Card | volume=51 | issue=3 | publisher=[[International Playing Card Society]] | pages = 64–71 | issn=1752-671X  }}
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