Illustrated tarot

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Illustrated Tarock is a card game from the Austrian branch of the Tarock family for three players. It is played sporadically in Austria.

Surname

As for the name of this game, there is no consistency. The tarot game described here is sometimes called Point Tarock , or it is cited by both names. With Point Tarock , however, another form of play is also meant. This again appears under the name Illustrated Tarock .

General basic rules

As with other tarot games, there are no centrally defined rules; these differ from game round to game round and also in the written specifications. The presentation given here follows that of Fritz Beck. These instructions occasionally also offer variants. Sometimes other variants from a rule common in Graz are given. They are marked with (G) in the text.

cards

The game is played with the 54 card sheet, which is also used for other tarot games in Austria and other areas of the former Habsburg Monarchy , and which is described in detail in the article King Calling . This hand contains 22 tarots as trumps (I - XXI + Sküs) and 32 color cards in the four French colors of hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs.

Card values

There are also z. B. Most common values ​​in Königruf.

5 Points - Kings, I, XXI, Sküs; 4 points - women; 3 Points - Cavalle; 2 Points - Jacks; 1 point - remaining tarot and suit cards

counting

Counting is done in groups of three cards each. Subtract two from the points in each group, e.g. B. King + Cavall + X = 9 points, minus 2 points equals 7 points. If there are less than three cards left, 2/3 points must be deducted from each. Finally, 1/3 or 2/3 points are rounded up or down to whole points.

Stitch rules

Higher suit cards win lower ones of the same suit, tarocks win suit cards and lower tarots. There is a compulsory color but no compulsory stitch. If the led suit cannot be used, tarot must be played.

Mix and Share

Like most tarot games, this one is played counterclockwise.

One player is determined as the dealer, in a variant (G) also one as the scribe by lot. Hindquarters, the metacarpus to the left lifts or knocks.

Six cards are placed face down as a talon . The remaining cards are divided into four rounds of four cards, even if they have been knocked. In a variant (G), three packets of 16 cards are placed after the talon if someone has knocked. Before and then middle hand decide which package to pick up, the third remains with the rear hand.

Game flow

Bidding

In the auction, a game to be played by a declarer is determined.

The value of the game results from the number of talon cards to be picked up . Three-leaf, two-leaf, one-leaf and solo (without acceptance of talon) can be reported and played.

Forehand announces a game or reports “Continue”, whereupon the right of bidding passes to the middle hand, and so on

A announced game can be acknowledged by the following hand as follows:

  • Be good
  • Announcement of a "lower", ie announcement that you want to play this game yourself ("solve the game")
  • Announcement of a higher game

The front hand then decides whether or not to accept a announced “lower” (“hold the game”). The held game could then be outbid by a back hand through a higher game.

Procedure if the game is not announced

In this case (three “Next”) there are three possibilities about which an agreement must be reached.

  1. It is re-divided by the giver.
  2. Trischaken. That means, it is played, everyone against everyone, the player who counts the most points in his tricks loses the game. At Trischaken, there is a compulsory stitch. Tarot I may only be played as the last tarot in the hand. The talon remains untouched. No premiums are charged.
  3. (G) After three “Next” the cards are put together. Hindquarters picks up the talon uncovered. She can also put the talon away or keep up to six cards from it for the next game. The next divider then assigns him no or fewer cards at the start of the division. If cards were kept from the talon, this requires you to announce at least three cards in the next game.

Further course

After completing Lizitation and any announcement of premiums is revealed (except for Trischaken and solo) of the Talon, without changing the order of the cards. (In a variant (G), however, the announcement of prizes before the talon is accepted is not provided.) Depending on the outcome of the bidding, the player takes three, two or one card into his hand, whereby only cards next to one another may be chosen. After assessing the hand, a corresponding number of cards are then placed face down. These are counted together with his tricks at the end.

The player then declares "I'm lying", possibly with bonus announcements . The opponents declare “good” or double in a clockwise direction . When the countering process is complete, forehand leads to the first trick. As a result, the taker of the last trick always plays.

At the end, the points achieved are counted. To win the game, at least (possibly rounded up) 36 points are required.

Evaluation of games and game accounting

The awarding of points for games won and the multiplication factors depending on the number of cards taken from the talon are described here. For billing of the premium announcements and the valate, see premiums .

Points for the game and excess points

The following points apply to the game:

  • 3 points: the popular game - "three-way announcement"
  • 4 points: the solved game - "lower"
  • 5 points: the game held

“Surplus points” are added to these points for the game, ie those points over 35 with which the game was won. A popular game won with 40 points counts 3 + 5 = 8 points.

The following applies to the Trischaken:

  • 5 points for winning Trischaken
  • 10 points deduction for lost Trischaken
  • 5 additional points for Trischaken won without a trick

Multiplication factors

Depending on the number of cards taken from the talon, games and bonuses are rated differently. It apply to

  • Trefoil: simple values
  • Two-sheet: double values
  • Single sheet: triple values
  • Solo: quadruple values

A popular two-hand sheet won with 39 points counts (3 + 4) × 2 = 16 points.

Slightly different values ​​are also given in the literature.

Bonuses

General

With the illustrated tarot there are a number of bonuses (announcements). These are bonuses for card combinations held in the sheet, bonuses for points reached, bonuses for end-of-day announcements and bonuses for the valat. There are several options for the announcement:

  • "Still" (announcement only when the game is settled): simple value (for final announcements)
  • After purchase of a coupon, before the start of the game: double the value (for end-of-day announcements, single value for other bonuses)
  • Before coupon purchase: four times the value (for end-of-year announcements, double the value for other rewards)

Awards and their valuation

The respective basic values ​​for the silent playing of the announcement are given.

Rewards for card combinations

Reaching the bonuses for card combinations does not depend on the course of the game; they are always credited. Beck assigns the basic value for the announcement after picking up the talon, with G only the basic value is awarded, with announcement after the end of the game.

  • Königstrull (all four kings in the sheet): 5 points
  • Tarot Trull (I, XXI, Sküs in the sheet): 4 points
  • Heads (two pieces of the tarot trull in the leaf): 2 points

These rewards can be earned by both the player and an opponent. Here, too, Beck assigns the basic value for the announcement after picking up the talon, with G only the basic value is awarded for the announcement after the end of the game

  • Without kings (no king in hand): 5 points
  • Without trull (no trull piece in hand): 4 points

These rewards can only be earned by the player.

Rewards for points achieved

  • "At forty" ("Absolute"), 40 points were achieved in the game: 5 points
  • "With fifty" ("Panzer"), 50 points were achieved in the game: 10 points

At Beck, the basic value also applies to these bonuses when an announcement is made after the coupon purchase; it is doubled if an announcement is made before the coupon purchase. G only knows the bonus for "At fifty", 10 points, awarded at the end of the game.

Bonuses for ultimo announcements

  • Pagat Ultimo, winning the last trick with Tarock I: 5 points (silent, announced after picking up 10 p., Before picking up 20 p.)
  • Uhu Pre-Ultimo, winning the penultimate trick with Tarock II: 5 points (like Pagat Ultimo)

Uhu Pre-Ultimo is a variant that requires agreement.

Bonus for catching the moon

Beck says nothing about such a bonus, in the Graz variant the following applies:

If Tarock XXI is pierced by the Sküs, this will be scored with + 5 points for the moon setter and - 5 points for the player of the moon.

Valat

Valat means the achievement of all tricks in a game by a game party.

In this three-player game, there is very seldom a card deal that enables a valat. The opportunity to announce a valat is even more rare.

Billing of the valat according to Beck

Option A):

  • Valat still: 12 points
  • Valat announced after picking up the talon: 24 points
  • Valat announced before picking up the talon: 48 points

Values ​​apply to trefoils, in addition to other points from the game and for rewards.

Variant b):

The above numbers 12/24/48 apply as multiplication factors for the points achieved from the game and for bonuses. Beck writes: "This type of calculation is [...] controversial and we do not necessarily want to recommend it."

Settlement of the valat according to the rules in Graz tarot rounds

In this variant, multiplication factors are used.

  • Silent Valat: sixfold values
  • Popular Valat (only after acceptance of the talon): twelve times the values

The basis for multiplication is: Points for announced / solved / held game; Excess points; Bonuses for card combinations; Bonuses for ultimo announcements. The multiplication factors for two-leaf etc. are applied.

If a valat is not passed, the game is won by the opponents with the points of the cards that were in play, ie 70 minus those remaining in the talon.

Cons

Contra can be given to games and bonus announcements, which can be answered with recontra, whereupon there is still the possibility to replicate with subcontra.

Variant according to Beck

Cons can take place before or after taking the coupon, always with doubling of all game and bonus values.

Beck says nothing about whether the contra applies only to the counterpart or also to his partner.

Variation according to the rules of Graz Tarot Rounds

Cons are always made after the player has declared “I'm lying”.

Game and bonus announcements are double-checked separately (if necessary, only one of them).

Cons also applies to the partner.

Renonce

Renonce is a violation of the rules of the game. If the player renounces the game, the game and bonus announcements are considered lost, the game is scored with ten excess points, the points are credited to the opponents. If an opponent renounces the game, the game is won by the player, he receives all points for the game (ten surplus points) and bonuses.

notation

Basics

It is played in series. A series ends as soon as at least one player reaches 100 game points. Players who reach 100 points will be awarded 10 additional points. This does not happen if it was done through a renunciation.

For each player the total points achieved by him after each game are noted. It may well be that player A receives points for the game that has been won, while players B and C receive points for a Pagat Ultimo that player A does not go through.

The notation is done line by line. Each player can either note his series for himself or a player is drawn and records the results of all players.

Example of a game and its notation

Course of the game

  1. Player A wins the popular trefoil with 45 points, "40" announced after buying a talon: 3 + 10 + 5 = 18 P.
  2. Player B loses a three-sheet with 33 points: 0 p., Player C writes 4 + 2 = 6 p. For the game, player A writes for the game and had announced heads after buying talon: 4 + 2 + 2 = 8 p.
  3. Player C wins the popular two-hand sheet with 39 points and had announced heads before buying the talon: (3 + 4 + 4) × 2 = 22 P.
  4. Player B wins a three-sheet held with 45 points and a silent Pagat Ultimo, "40" announced after buying talon, had announced heads before buying talon: 4 + 10 + 5 + 5 + 4 = 28 P.
  5. Player A wins the popular one-sheet with 50 points, "50" announced after buying talon: (3 + 15 + 10) × 3 = 84 P., Player B announced heads after buying talon: 2 × 3 = 6 P.

notation

  • A .: 18, 26, 110 | 120
  • E.g .: 28, 34
  • C .: 6, 28

Differences can be converted into monetary amounts and paid out after each series or after all series have been completed and the total number of points has been determined.

Cossacks

The cossack is a variant of the illustrated tarot for two people.

literature

  • Hans-Joachim Alscher Hans-Joachim (Ed.): "Tarock" is my only pleasure . Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85498-283-6 .
  • Fritz Beck: Tarock complete. All games . Perlen-Reihe vol. 640, Vienna 1972.
  • Wolfgang Mayr Wolfgang, Robert Sedlaczek: The great tarot book . Pearl series vol. 642, Vienna - Frankfurt / M. undated, ISBN 3-85223-462-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hans-Joachim Alscher (Ed.): "Tarock" my single pleasure , Vienna, 2003, p. 170.
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Mayr u. Robert Sedlaczek: The great tarot book , Perlen-Reihe vol. 642, Vienna - Frankfurt / M., Undated, pp. 111-114.
  3. ^ Fritz Beck: Tarock complete. All games , Perlen-Reihe vol. 640, Vienna 1972, p. 135.
  4. ^ Fritz Beck: Tarock complete. Alle Spiele , Perlen-Reihe Vol. 640, Vienna 1972, pp. 69–93
  5. ↑ How Graz Tarot Rounds are played
  6. ↑ Wolfgang Mayr u. Robert Sedlaczek: The great tarot book , Perlen-Reihe vol. 642, Vienna - Frankfurt / M., Undated, p. 114.
  7. ^ Fritz Beck: Tarock complete. Alle Spiele , Perlen-Reihe Vol. 640, Vienna 1972, pp. 83-84.
  8. ^ Fritz Beck: Tarock complete. All games , Perlen-Reihe vol. 640, Vienna 1972, p. 83.
  9. ^ Fritz Beck: Tarock complete. Alle Spiele , Perlen-Reihe Vol. 640, Vienna 1972, pp. 86-88.
  10. ↑ Bamberger, Johannes (2011). Tarock: the most beautiful variants , Perlen-Reihe vol. 640, 22nd edition, Verlag Perlen-Reihe, Vienna, pp. 28–34. ISBN 978-3-99006-000-1
  11. ^ Burgstaller, Thomas (2017). Tarot for two . myMorawa, Austria, pp. 98-112. ISBN 978-3-99057-951-0