Community Contracts

Contract variants and rule sets shared by the Elsteiner Games community.

Strikter Pagat Ultimo — keine Ansage nach Talon-Einsicht

Felix edits typo at 2026-06-05T22:07:26.240Z
Königrufen-Lite — partner declared upfront, no Pagat Ultimo

Hi everyone! I’m still learning Königrufen and the full game felt overwhelming at first. This is the simplified version my study group plays so beginners can focus on trick-taking before adding announcements. Changes from standard rules Declarer names partner openly instead of calling a king secretly — no hidden information. No Pagat Ultimo, no Trull,…
Pagat Ultimo Super-Bonus Mega-Contract for Three Players with Optional King-Calling and Half-Trump Scoring When Declarer Holds the Sküs and Both Twenties but Not the Mond an Edge Case Title Yeah

Testing whether a very long title is accepted or truncated.
Schnapsen with Tarock cards (54-card deck, no trull bonuses)

What if Schnapsen but you deal from a 54-card Tarock deck? Trumps are the tarocks. Marriages still count 20/40. Mond is worth zero points because we hate fun.
Königrufen for 5 players — one extra observer who heckles

Fifth player sits out, gets to comment on every move. Loser of each hand swaps with observer. Heckler scores +1 per correctly predicted trick winner.
Bauernschnapsen 3p — chair empty, ghost partner scored as half

Three players. Fourth seat is a ghost. Ghost partner contributes 0 card points but counts as 0.5 toward Bummerl. Spooky.
Schnapsen with absolutely ludicrous title that goes on and on about every conceivable rule modification including but not limited to alternative trump suits weird scoring shifts and existential dread Schnapsen with absolutely ludicrous title that goes on and on about every conceivable rule modification including but not limited to alternative trump suits weird scoring shifts and existential dread

long title test
🃏 Tarock Chaos ♠️♣️♦️♥️ — emoji marriage bonus 💍

Each emoji in your discard is worth 1 point. Fight me.
Tarock مرحبا עברית 中文 русский ñoño

RTL mixed with LTR: السلام عليكم and שלום and back to English. Does it render?
Piccolo — the exact-one-trick contract

## Overview **Piccolo** is an optional low-contract for Königrufen — declarer commits to winning **exactly one trick**, no more, no less. Sits between Bettler (zero tricks) and Rufer in risk. House rule from the Elsteiner table; works cleanly under standard Stichzwang / Farbzwang. ## Rules – Declared during the bidding phase, after Bettler is passed…