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Vogelspiel (game of "Bird") or
Hexenspiel (game of "Witch") was an
historical Bavarian and
Austrian card game for a
variable number of
players and pla****...
- Cat's
cradle is a game
involving the
creation of
various string figures between the fingers,
either individually or by p****ing a loop of
string back and...
- (1674), p. 152. Honl (1947), p. 30. Bauer, Günther G.: "Das
Salzburger Hexenspiel", in: Homo Ludens. Der
Spielende Mensch II (1992), G.G.
Bauer (ed.). Munich...
- with
special cards includes Italian Cucù,
Scandinavian Gnav,
Austrian Hexenspiel and
German Vogelspiel.
Games involving collecting sets of cards, the best...
- game changed. In Germany, Bavaria, and Austria, for example, it
became Hexenspiel ("Witch") or
Vogelspiel ("Bird"). The game had
reached Denmark-Norway...
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identical pairs numbered from 1 to 12. The pack may have
originated from
Hexenspiel decks by
stripping them of
picture cards so as to
avoid idolatry. Jews...
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known in
southern Germany,
Austria and
Switzerland under the
names of
Hexenspiel and Vogelkarten,
which literally mean "Witch game" and "Bird cards". The...
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numbered cards include games in the
Cuckoo family (such as Kille, Gnav, and
Hexenspiel) and Kvitlech.
There are a
multitude of
decks designed for
specific card...
- a
previous opera to a
libretto by
Ignaz Schnitzer with the
title Der
Hexenspiel (The
Magic Mirror). The
music publisher Josef Weinberger [de] was impressed...
- (1979). Cat's
Cradle and
Other String Figures, p.196.
Translation of Das
Hexenspiel (1978). ISBN 0140052011.
Jayne (1962), p.372-75.
Collected by Stewart...
