You are playing Two, with three groups of two spread face-up. The King you called is not in the talon. Your hand: Skus, I, XVI, XIV, X, VI, K
, Q
, J, 7, 1
, 2. Group A: XXI, VIII. Group B: K
, 9. Group C: Q, C.
Which group do you take?
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Answer
Take Group A. If you refuse it, the XXI is a Moon left in the talon, and the rules score it as lost: you alone score minus 4 Victory Points, and its 4 pips go to the Defenders’ pile. Once you take Group A, the Moon is safe: only the Skus, or the Pagat in an Emperor’s Trick, can ever capture it, and you hold both. Keep the Skus as its cover. The VIII makes an eighth Tarok, and if you capture the whole Trull in your tricks, you score 2 more Victory Points from the bonus table. Discard the Q and the J face-down, which puts 4 pips in your pile; the lone K counts as nearly a whole trick. Group B offers 4 pips and a King, Group C offers 5 pips; taking either of them instead loses the Moon. Look for the Moon before you count the pips.
and the J face-down, which puts 4 pips in your pile; the lone K counts as nearly a whole trick. Group B offers 4 pips and a King, Group C offers 5 pips; taking either of them instead loses the Moon. Look for the Moon before you count the pips.