Ombre
L' Hombre, also Lomber (of hombre, Spanish man, meaning the player), is an early common card game for three people. In the 17th and 18th centuries artfully designed three-sided Lombertische were made specifically for this game.
L' Hombre was very influential in the history of card games, for about the principle of provocation was transferred to many other card games, including in the modern Tarot variants, and subsequently in Skat and other games.
The following description of L' Hombre based on Meyers encyclopedia of 1888th A four- player variant of L' Hombre was quadrille.
Historical background and diffusion
L' Hombre said to have been invented in the 14th century in Spain. From there it came, probably by Maria Theresa, wife of Louis XIV to the French court and then quickly found the entrance in all of Europe. During the 18th and 19th century, L' Hombre was in France and England displaced more and more by the Whist, and only in Germany and Denmark claimed until the end of the 19th century his make rank. L' Hombre, however, was - never circulated widely - as a rather complicated and difficult game.
In Spain, L' Hombre is also Juego del tresillo (three- game) called and played with nationally - Spanish cards (without Pay and nines ), whereas in Germany with the French card after elimination of the Eighth, nines and tens, so with 40 leaves.
As a German solo it in a simplified form with the Skat- Journal - played - without eights and nines, so with 24 cards.
The rules
The basics of the game are as follows:
Card distribution
Of the three players are the first one who pulls spades. L' Hombre is played anticlockwise: The encoder can therefore stand to the left and gives each player nine sheets in litters of three cards, the remaining thirteen cards he defines as Talon in the middle of the table.
Determination of Hombre
With a second game makes the hind color ( hue ). Now, determined by retrieving, who is the main player ( Hombre ). The hindquarters must beat or match the forehand. Against the major players then the other two are allied.
Ranking of playing cards
In all regular games of L' Hombre, there are three stable high stockings:
Apart from these main card, is the result sheets in the black color: king, queen, jack, seven, six, etc. until two in the red: King, Queen, Jack, Ace, Two, Three, etc. to Seven. So every black color has eleven, twelve each red stockings. The kings of the colors that are not trumps, called forcing. The ace of a red color is called Pontoon or Ponte.
Adding rules
As long as the allusive color is available, color is serviced. Thereafter it may be engraved or added.
Game species
In the original L' Hombre, there are only four games:
- Question
- Question in Couleur
- Solo ( sans prendre ) and
- Solo in stripes.
In each of these real games the Hombre is to try to get five stitches. It can also par quatre win if an opponent makes three, the other two stitches; However, to this is of course not to be expected. The opponents play so that the weaker looking to get rid of his high cards in order to not pierce the stronger Aide ( partners) must.
If you play question, puts you on his bad leaves and takes the talon for others. When you tour covers on a sheet of Talons and plays in the same color; fresh leaves may be purchased, as in the question. The Obscurs are very daring games; you throw it away eight or all cards and buys from above or below new, so you need to find four or five stitches only. Who plays respect, must have both black aces and demonstrate this. He has then the choice whether he tour kidney (upper Casco do ) or play Obscur (the seven leaves except the two aces to throw away and replace them with others ) want. Solo is, as the name suggests, from the hand ( without buying ) played.
Later, the so-called harassment were added, namely: tour or small - Casco, Obscur from above or below, with eight and nine leaves, respect (either as a tour, wholesale or Casco Obscur ) Solo tout (ie the reported Vole, the declarer undertakes to make all stitches) and solo tout in stripes. The games Grandissimo, in which only the black aces are stockings, Nullissimo in the no trump exists, and Mohr ( if all fit ) are almost not become common.