Game

Hungarian Tarokk

magyar tarokk

The goal: win Victory Points, which the contract and the bonuses both score. The Declarer and, in most hands, a secret Partner play against the other players, the Defenders, and they win the contract when they capture at least 48 of the 94 Card Points.

Players
4
Difficulty
Deck
Alpine Tarok
Cards per hand
9

  1. Deal

    The Dealer lays six cards face-down as the talon and deals nine cards to each of the four players.

  2. Bid

    Bidding starts with the Forehand, and each player in turn bids a contract or passes. The player who makes the highest bid is the Declarer, and the name of the contract says how many talon cards the Declarer takes: three, two, one or none.

  3. Call

    The other three players take the rest of the talon, and every player who took talon cards discards until they hold nine cards again. Then the Declarer calls a Tarok, and if another player holds that card, that player is the secret Partner; the round of announcements follows, in which each player in turn may announce bonuses for their side.

  4. Play

    The players play the hand out trick by trick.

  5. Score

    After the last trick each side counts its Card Points. Every member of the winning side adds Victory Points for the contract.

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Contracts

Beginner contracts

Each one is explained in full on the rules page.