The PackThe standard 52-card pack is stripped of all cards except the A, K, Q, J, 10, and 9 of each suit, making a complete of 24 cards.
Rank of CardsA (substantial), ten, K, Q, J, 9.
The DealDeal 6 cards every single, 3 at a time, beginning with your opponent. The thirteenth card is turned up for trump and laid beside undealt cards, which turn into the stock.
Object of the GameThe goal is to score 66 points as follows:
Marriage in trumps (K, Q announced) forty
Marriage in any other suit (K, Q announced) twenty
Every single ace (taken in on tricks) 11
Every 10 (taken in on tricks) 10
Every king (taken in on tricks) four
Each queen (taken in on tricks) 3
Every single jack (taken in on tricks) 2
Winning final trick 10
The PlayThe non-dealer prospects initial. No one particular is obligated to stick to suit. The higher card of the suit led, or a trump played to a plain-suit lead, wins the trick. The winner of the trick draws the prime card of the stock (the opponent taking the subsequent card), and prospects for the following trick.
Both player holding the 9 of trumps could exchange it for a increased trump card at any time, presented they have previously won a trick, except if the nine is the final card in the stock. A “marriage” is announced by showing the suitable king and queen and top 1 of people cards. Marriages may possibly be announced only when one particular of the two cards is played – unless a player by exhibiting a marriage can make his score 66 or a lot more.
The non-dealer might announce a marriage on their first lead and score it right after he wins a trick.
Right after the stock is exhausted or closed, the non-leader on each and every trick have to comply with suit if attainable. Marriages may possibly even now be scored.
ClosingEither player might close (end the game), when they have the lead, both ahead of or following drawing, by turning down the trump card. Thereafter, no cards are drawn, and the final trick does not score ten factors.
If both player announces for the duration of play that their score is 66 or more, the perform instantly stops and the game is “closed.
How to Maintain ScoreThe player who 1st reaches 66 scores 1 game stage. If he reaches 66 just before the opponent will get 33 (a “schneider”), he scores two game points if just before the opponent gets a trick (a “schwarz”), he scores 3 game points. If neither player scores 66, or each has scored 66 or a lot more without announcing it, no one scores in that hand and one game point is added to the score of the winner of the up coming hand.
If a player “closing” gets 66 or much more, he scores the identical as if the game had been played out. If the player fails, the opponent scores two factors. If a player closes just before his opponent has taken a trick, but fails to score 66, the opponent scores three points.
The player who scores 7 game points 1st, wins.