This product is a set of playing cards called Hindersche, which is claimed to be the world's oldest card game. The cards are considered very rare and is a collectible item.

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Introduction

, HINDERSCHE also known as Vier-Strich, is an unusual and little known reverse game that is only played in the central Black Forest in Germany. It is reputed to be over 200 years old and once played by farmers, foresters and journeymen in the Principality of Fürstenberg. Today it is only played in the valleys of the Kinzig and the Wolf, in particular, within a 20 mile radius of Bad Rippoldsau including the settlements of Kaltbrunn, Oberhammersbach, Oberwolfach, Schapbach, Schenkenzell and Wolfach. It is popular enough for regular tournaments to be held alongside annual ‘world championships’ organised by the Schapbach Sports Club.

According Uwe Schoch, the rules of Hindersche were handed down by word of mouth until he captured and published them online in 2014. The fact that it uses a 36-card pack, is played anticlockwise and is an Ace-Ten game with Tens ranking low suggest it is of considerable antiquity, although the earliest historical evidence only dates to 1933. The name Hindersche means ‘backwards’ in the local Swabian dialect and it may have developed from another local game called Viersche whose rules are very similar but whose name means ‘forwards’.

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