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Brus

Brus is a traditional Nordic trick-taking card game from the Karnöffel/Bruus family. It uses a 36-card deck, unusual beating cards and points for tricks or risked high cards; a modern world federation is not documented.

LevelDiscipline FamilyMind Sport CategoryMind sport

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Classification

Category Mind sport

Family Mind Sport

Level Discipline

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Traditional trick-taking game with 36 cards, beating cards and variable local rules.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like unusual card tactics and regional game culture.

Cost Very low: a suitable deck, rules sheet and score sheet are enough. No notable running costs beyond a group/venue. Private card group, traditional game group or online rules reference. State variants openly and do not claim modern federation governance.

First progress Basic flow after one round; card sense takes several games.

Fitness level low

Was du brauchst

36-card deck
card table
rules sheet
score sheet
players

First steps

lay out ranking
play an open sample hand
count tricks
clarify risk/scoring
start with short rounds

Pagat rules, Cats at Cards, traditional card group or private table round.

No special physical risks; keep pace and rules slow for beginners.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases Brus card game, Bruus, Brus Kartenspiel

Tags individual, traditional_mind, regional, brus, mind-sport, traditional-card-game, denksport, traditional-mind

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Use card ranking, tricks and risked high cards to outscore the opposing side.

Teilnehmer

several players by variant.

Teamgröße

often partnerships; locally variable.

Spielfeld

card table.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

tricks and game points.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

36-card deck
score sheet

Wichtige Regelpunkte

wrong lead/play
wrong ranking
mis-scored points

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Brus Pagat · rules-reference · medium
Rules of Brus Cats at Cards · rules-reference · medium
Brus Wikipedia · reference · low