World of Tarok
Tarok is not just a game: it is a century of tables, a language with words of its own and art on 54 cards. Here we gather its stories, for the old hands and for those only now finding their seat.
10 stories · more on the wayStories at the table
zgodovina · karte · umetnostFrom trionfi to the tavern: how tarok reached us
Born at Renaissance courts, it travelled to us from Vienna and stayed. The cards in your hand are older than America.
Škis, mond, pagat: three kings without crowns
The strongest, the priciest and the boldest. And where their strange names come from.
Beehive panels: the gallery that buzzed
A painting gallery under the beehives, and its path onto our cards.
The radelc: a circle that changes everything
A pencilled circle that makes calm people declare valat.
Tarok today: from the table to the screen
What the screen changed about the old game, and what it never will.
Guides for the table
online · rules · beginnersTarok online: Slovenian tarok on the web
No install, no sign-up, free. How to start in a minute.
From klop to valat: a ladder of courage
Twelve games, from forced modesty to 500 points of glory.
Announcements & bonuses: where glory is earned
Trula, kings, pagat ultimo, and the moment the kontra lands.
Your first tarok evening
Five things before your first game, rookie mistakes and table manners.
The little tarok glossary
Štih, talon, platelc, renons: every word from the table, explained.
Read enough?
Now, to the table.
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