Game

Calling the Twenty

Zwanzigerrufen

The goal: win Victory Points, which the contract and the bonuses both score. In the lowest contract, the Call, the Forehand and a secret Partner play against the other two players, the Defenders, and win when they capture more than 44 of the 88 Card Points.

Players
4
Difficulty
Deck
Alpine Tarok
Cards per hand
10

  1. Deal

    The Dealer deals 10 cards to each of the four players, five cards and then five again, and there is no talon.

  2. Bid

    The Forehand, the player to the left of the Dealer, has the lowest contract, the Call, from the start. Each of the other players in turn names a higher contract or passes, and the bidding ends when all players but one have passed.

  3. Call

    In the Call, the Forehand calls a Tarok, usually the XX, and the player who holds it is the secret Partner. After that the players make their announcements (Trull, Pagat Ultimo).

  4. Play

    The players play the hand out trick by trick.

  5. Score

    After the last trick, in most contracts each side counts its Card Points, and if your side wins the hand, each of you adds the contract’s Victory Points to your total. The evening ends with the round in which someone reaches 30 Victory Points.

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Contracts

Beginner contracts

Each one is explained in full on the rules page.