Gucki nullo, in which the player takes both the skat cards and then discards, having previously announced to play nullo, is worth 15. Open grand, in which the player lays his cards face up on the table and guarantees to win every trick, is worth 24. Solo grand, played without touching the skat cards, is worth 20. Gucki grand, in which the player announces in advance that jacks shall be the only trumps, but takes both the skat cards and then discards two in their place, is worth 16. There are four varieties of grando (or grand). The solos are: diamonds 9, hearts 10, spades 11, clubs 12. The tournees are: diamonds 5, hearts 6, spades 7, clubs 8. Each of these games has a standard value according to the trump suit. The successful bidder is known as the ‘player.’ The four games are: tournee, in which the player turns over one of the skat cards for the trump, afterward taking both skat cards into his hand and discarding others in their place if the turned card is a jack, he may change his game from tournee to grando solo, in which the trump suit is named and the skat cards are not touched until the end of the play, when they are counted for the player's side grando, in which the four jacks are the only trumps, so that there are four plain suits nullo, in which there are no trumps and the cards rank A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, the object of the player being not to take a single trick. If he fails to make good his bid in his play, the adversaries score what he should have made as the matadors lie. Each bids well within what he thinks he can make, naming the value in figures, without stating what game he purposes playing. ‘Mittelhand’ bids to ‘Vorhand,’ and when ‘Vorhand’ refuses or ‘Mittelhand’ stops bidding, ‘Hinterhand’ bids to the survivor. The players bid against one another for the privilege of playing some one of the four varieties of the game. Ten cards are given to each player, three, four, three at a time, two being laid off for the skat, between the first and second rounds. All trumps in unbroken sequence with the club jack held by the same side are called matadors. The pack contains 32 cards, ranking A, 10, K, Q, 9, 8, 7, the four jacks being always the four best trumps, and preserving the same rank as the suits, clubs being the best, then spades, hearts, and diamonds. The German national card-game for three players.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |