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Judging by the number of similarities, Slabberjan is the Zeeland version of the Norwegian cap game Gnav. This game has its origins in the Italian card game Gnao, which dates from the fourteenth century - possibly even longer ago. The game has become known under different names, with different numbers of cards and rules of the game in increasingly northerly countries in Europe. Gnav reached Norway via Denmark. It was still a card game then. Since card games were seen as sinful by priests and teachers, a variant with caps was devised. Slabberjan is played with a bag full of wooden play caps, or 'teuten'. Each of these playing caps has a number or an image on the bottom. The display on each play cap represents a value. The order is as follows from highest to lowest: Kapaf (or Rider) Bird Pussy Inn 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 White bread (bottom is completely white) (or snow) Pot Smoel (tje) (or Kop) Ride (or Jester or Zot) At the start of the game, all players are given a number of knots (usually two or three), which are used to keep score. Each round, all participants are given a blind playing cap. The player to the left of the play cap dealer has the choice to keep his or her play cap or trade with the left neighbor. Then it is the turn of the left neighbor / woman. This continues until the dealer's turn. He may keep his play cap or exchange it with a play cap from the bag. With the exception of the high pictures, it is mandatory to accept an exchange offer. When the exchange phase is over, one must 'turn out' (Zeeuws: 'blieken') or 'view', that is, the values of the playing caps are shown. The person with the lowest value must pay 1 knot. If there are more persons with the lowest value, they all have to pay. If the lowest value in the game is the Ride, the second to last must also pay a knot: the Fool must be brought home. The player with the highest value is the next dealer.
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