Features
- Four players in two opposing pairs, the partners sitting opposite each other.
- The 52-card deck is used and the dealer deals to every player 12 cards, 4 at a time.
- The four cards remaining forms "the stock".
- The upcard of the stock is turned and the suit of that card becomes the trump suit.
- The holder of the trump Ace has the privilege of "ruffing" the stock's four cards into his own hand, and discarding four others. If the upcard is an Ace, the dealer earnes the privilege of ruffing.
- After the ruffing, the player to the dealer's left may lead any card to the first trick. The other players have to follow suit if possible, but otherwise may play any card. The trick is taken by the highest card of the suit led, or by the highest trump if any are played. The winner of each trick leads to the next.
- The Knave, Queen, King, and Ace of Trump are called "Honours" .
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