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| Origin | derived from the card game Sheepshead (game) |
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| Type | trick-taking |
| Players | 3-4 |
| Skills required | Card counting, Tactics |
| Age range | 12+ |
| Cards | 32 gameplay cards |
| Deck | specialized version of the Piquet deck |
| Play | Clockwise |
| Playing time | about 3 minutes per hand |
| Random chance | Low-Moderate |
| Related games | |
| Skat (card game), Schafkopf, Doppelkopf, Sheepshead (game) | |
Boon is a trick-taking card game, based on the German card game Sheepshead. Though the rules of Boon are similar to that of Sheepshead, Boon uses a specialized deck which corresponds directly to the rules of the game. This is different than Sheepshead, which is played with 32 cards from the Standard 52-card deck. It can be played with 3 or 4 players.