Rules and objective of the game
The objective of this card game is to survive as many rounds as possible so that you are the only one left in the end. The game has two defined variations, a regular and a tough one. The regular variation comes from a book on the subject of card games. The tough variation is one which the producers of this game have been playing for some years now. Where it comes from is (unfortunately) unknown, so from now on we will call this variation the 'van Eer-Maas' variation.
During the game you can see check which variation you are currently playing in the right upper corner. Press on the ‘v’-symbol with the left mousebutton and a window will appear with the rules of chosen variation.
The dealer deals to every player a set of three cards, and an extra set of cards for himself. The dealer may now look into one of the sets and decide if he wants to keep this set. If he decides to choose to take the other set (which is still closed) the dealer takes a risk of getting a hand which is even worse than the one he already had.
The player on the left side of the dealer can now change a card, pass or take all the cards in the pot. If he is finished the player on his left side can take a turn.
If one of the players passes, he may not change any cards until the end of the current round. The last player which hasn't passed can only change a card one time more.
If a player decides to take all the cards in the pot he passes automatically.
A round is finished when a player has 31 points or when all players have passed. If a player gets 31 points directly from the dealer, the round is finished when it is this player’s turn. The players(s) with the least amount of points looses this round and receives a mark.
When a player gets his third mark he is out of the game, except when he is the first one with three marks because he will receive a bonus mark. This rules also applies when more than one player receive their third mark at the same time.
The winner is the player, which survives all other players. It is possible that there is no winner, this happens when all players receive their last mark at the same time.
The dealer deals to every player a set of three cards, and an extra set of cards for himself. The dealer may now look into one of the sets and decide if he wants to keep this set. If he decides to choose to take the other set (which is still closed) the dealer takes a risk of getting a hand which is even worse than the one he already had.
The player on the left side of the dealer can now change a card, pass or take all the cards in the pot. If he is finished the player on his left side can take his turn.
If one of the players passes, the others may only change cards one more time.
A round is finished when a player has 31 points or when the player which passed first has his turn again.
The players(s) with the least amount of points looses this round and receives a mark. In case that the least amount of points is 30.5 the player with the lowest card-values receives the mark.
When a player gets his fourth mark he is out of the game.
The winner is the player, which survives all other players. If all players get their fourth mark at the same time, then none of them will receive a mark and the game will continue until their is only one player left.