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Cego is a tarok game from southwest Germany. It is widely played throughout the region around Baden-Württemberg and the Black Forrest. Cego is often played with a special deck of tarot cards that are specific to this region. The taroks (trocke) in this deck depict animals. While bids where you play with your hand as dealt are included in the game, many of the bids in involve discarding all (or almost all) of the cards you are dealt and playing with the face down ‘cego’ (or blind) instead. This lends itself to some very thoughtful evaluation and decision making after picking up cards from the deal. Cego has been played since the early 19th Century and a large number of regional variations have developed in most aspects of the rules.
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Brisbane Cards house rules for Cego:
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Playing Cego Online:
Cego can be played online at Cego Online. The rules on this platform have some very minor adaptations to the bidding process that make the online play experience a little more streamlined. It is free to play at Cego Online, though you must register with a valid email address. The interface is in German, but once you have learned the rules it is quite easy to play the game using the German terminology.
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Example of Play:
Rules of play….
Players must follow suit. If unable to follow suit they must trump. Beyond the requirement to trump if suit cannot be followed, there is no obligation for any player to try to win the trick.
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