Large Format Card Game - German Jass

This large format Jass game consisting of 36 cards with a blue pattern will be very popular. This card game is the German version and the game is packaged in cellophane.

Size: 90 x 140mm

TO PLAY JASS

A deck of 36 cards

4 players

GAME SEQUENCE:

Players form two teams of two. The dealer distributes 9 cards to each player, three at a time. The player who holds the 7 of diamonds is the one who chooses the trump suit during the first deal and starts the game. For other deals, it will be the player to the right of the dealer who chooses. Partners from the same team can either announce the trump suit.

The player with the lead plays their first card, the player to their right does the same and so on. Be careful: players must play a card of the same suit as the player who has the lead. They announce they cannot follow if they don't have one and play a different card. A player may trump, meaning playing a card of the trump suit when the player with the lead started with a different suit.

But if a player has already trumped, they are not allowed to under-trump, that is, play a trump of lower value than the one previously played, unless they have no other cards left.

A player who holds the trump jack is not obliged to play it, even if the base suit of the trick is that of trump and it is the only card of that suit remaining in their hand. The player who played the highest trump wins the trick for their team.

They collect it and the points it contains are immediately awarded to the team. They take the lead and play the first card of the next trick. When the players have no more cards, the round ends. The team winning the last trick receives 5 additional points (Last Five). The player to the right of the current dealer becomes the new dealer for the next round.

At the end of each round, the teams score their points in a particular way.

Scoring in Jass

The score sheet is divided into two parts, one for each team. Points are recorded in 3 lines as follows: the top line is composed of tally marks each worth 100 points, the middle one

composed of crosses, a half-cross worth 50 points and a full cross 100 points, then the bottom line which is composed of tally marks worth 20 points each. Units are noted on the right by adding or subtracting them. It is easier to record the points after each announcement than at the end of the round. Players add their points as they go.

THE WINNER IS:

The game ends when a team has scored 1,000 points. Be careful: if teammates announce 1,000 points but make a mistake, their opponent wins the game.