From Maramureศ to Dobrogea, funny characters proudly and cheerfully display their folk costumes. Find your match and have fun with all your family or best friends!
Remember when you were a kid and the jokester used to gather all the children together on the stairs of the apartment block and no one would enter the house until they got rid of the cute jokester? The game of Jokers was loved by everyone from children to adults, we played it with friends, siblings or grandparents. Rediscover the fun of yesteryear and give your children an unforgettable experience with the most beloved card game of your childhood: Pacฤlici, now reinterpreted in traditional Romanian costumes. Discover in the deck with 35 playing cards, native characters dressed in folk costumes from the most representative ethnographic areas of the country.
How to play Pฤcฤlici in folk costumes?
Deal 4 cards to each player.
Place the remaining cards face down in a pile.
Each player draws a card from the bottom pile and tries to find the pair of each card character in their hand.
When the cards in the pile run out, players draw a card from each other in clockwise order. Whoever gets rid of all the cards first wins and whoever is left with the Trickster loses.
In our game, the joker is the joker. He has no pair, so make sure you don’t get stuck with him!
The game is played with a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 6 players. In total there are 17 popular pairs and the lone Peccala.
Jokers in traditional costumes – as simple as it is educational and fun
Did you know that card games for children are not only fun, but also educational? Here are some of the benefits you’ll enjoy when you play Traditional Costume Tricksters with your children:
Children’s card games are an affordable and healthy alternative that disconnects kids from screens. Want to get him away from his phone? Introduce him to April Fools in traditional costumes! Play along with your child or invite a few friends and get them to play together. This card game is a great way for kids to get to know each other and socialise authentically.
Card games help children develop cognitive skills such as memory, logical and mathematical thinking, problem-solving skills and more. Playing cards is always fun, and when it becomes educational, it’s even more wonderful!
Card games for children help develop their emotional intelligence. Emotional health is important at any age. For children, emotional balance is established in the family. Through card games, they take part in friendly competition. They learn to lose with a smile on their face or to enjoy winning and fight for victory. All card games require communication, so children need to talk to each other, negotiate, understand the rules of the game, help each other, wait their turn and face the challenges that arise during the game
Did you know about Tricksters?…
It is the most popular card game for children and has German origins. The German version is called Schwarzer Peter – Black Peter.
Apparently the card game Trickster was born in… prison, around 1811, invented by the thief Johann Peter Petri who was serving his sentence for theft and from which the German name comes.
However, some say that the game is actually much older and derives from a game of chance in which the loser had to pay for the next round of drinks.
It is played in many countries around the world under various names. Here are just 3 of them:
Asino in Italy
Le Pouilleux in France
Babnuki in Japan
Play Tricksters in traditional costumes with children, friends or grandparents! Rediscover the authentic joy of a classic and addictive card game. Buy this wonderful card game now Jokers in traditional costumes for yourself or give it as a gift to dear friends.
