The friendly core above. Slovenian Tarok’s full arsenal is famous, and it lives here and online.
- Radli. The little wheels: every klop, every berač-or-higher, every valat draws a circle under every name. Win a contract with an open circle and your score doubles (and one circle closes); lose and it doubles too (circle stays). Uncancelled circles cost 100 at session’s end. The engine that keeps every player invested in every hand; beloved, and pure bookkeeping, which is why it waits here.
- Kontra ladder. kontra ×2, rekontra ×4, subkontra ×8, mordkontra ×16, each announcement doubled separately. As everywhere in this book: switch it on when your table is ready.
- Odprti berač. The open beggar: after the first trick your hand lies face-up. Value 90. The defenders may look, but not talk.
- Barvni valat. The no-trump valat: win all twelve tricks with the Taroks playing as a plain suit, value 125. Usually reached by upgrading a won solo exchange, not bid outright.
- Valat brez. Every trick, no talon, full trumps: 500, the largest number in the book. The announced-Valat bonus is its softer cousin.
- Pikolo. Exactly one trick, alone. Most tables refuse it as too easy; yours may differ.
- The knock. Instead of cutting, the player opposite may knock the deck: it is then dealt in four packets of twelve, and players choose their packets in seat order. Superstition, ritual, and occasionally strategy.
- Compulsory klop. When a player’s total hits exactly zero, or someone is dealt no Taroks at all, tradition orders a klop round with the low bids barred. A famously cruel institution; agree on it up front.
- The Traditional Scoring. Traditional zero-sum scoring, including the money game where a lost Moon pays 20 to each opponent directly. Full method online.