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Stitches rates is a card game for 3-6 people, which comes with two Skatblättern, so 64 cards played. The challenge for the player is (as far as similar to the game of bridge ) is per round advance to predict the number of its own in the next game to erspielenden stitches and to assess their own sheet or (if you're not the first to announce must ) the announcements of the players with into account. In addition to the cards a sheet of paper is needed, in addition to the names of the players the trendy prints and the points scored are listed on the. Did you guess correctly, you get a bonus per round of 10. Will advise you wrong, the bonus is paid. Stitches always count one point. Can be seen in the game that you can not reach its announcement, at least you're trying to get as many tricks as possible. The winner is the one who after all rounds with the most points.
Names and variants
German -speaking
The stitches rates is in German speaking countries also known as Cravallo, Wist, announcements, glasses, lift, once hell and back, announce through hell, Lotto Bridge and fool as well as in the Austrian language area as a stub treasures and down. In Switzerland it is also called Stichasägä (stitch announcements) and is played by Jassregeln with one card unused indicates the trump card. Under the name Rauf down ( because the number of cards per round distributed only grows and then decreases again ) it is also played in this kind in southern Germany. The trump is determined by an uncovered at the end of extra card, and there is coercion operator. It is also known as matchstick Bridge and is often used to bring beginners (especially children ) the basic principles of bridge closer. The game can also be good with the cards set of penalty Out play, then here are four colors, each with 20 cards, a total of 80 cards are available. In the Upper Austrian -speaking world it is also called " Strulli - Wulli " and with the trump suit and 36 double- German Rummy cards ( VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, Under, Upper, King, sow ) played.
Internationally
In the English -speaking world there is a similar game: Oh, Hell! (or Screw Your Neighbour ). However, it is played with a poker hand and also knows a trump suit. In the 80s, many card games were published with slight modifications rule based on this variant, such as Wizard, Rage, The seven seals or Canyon. In the Netherlands it is called Boerenbridge (Bauer Bridge ).
Regulate
A game consists of several rounds. The winner is whoever has the most points (addition of bonuses and stitches number points) at the end.
During the game, the number of distributed maps varies. You start with a card per player per round and increases the number successively by one card. Is the maximum number (10 cards) reached (due to the number of players and the limited stock of 64 cards of the two Skatblätter ), so the journey goes backwards until they had again arrived at a map. After the game is over.
It now applies in each round for each player, the number of his engravings after his map sheet (many high or low color cards or trumps, see below ) to calculate. Starting left of the dealer, are listed then in turn given by the players and the announcements open on the match sheet ( by the writer ). It may arise that too many, as many stitches will be announced in the sum, as available in the round, after which you must then subsequently adjust his game accordingly to little or.
( Variation: For the last announcement - the dealer's so - it must be ensured that the sum of all the trendy prints does not match the number of possible stitches, with the result that - at least - one of his bonus can not obtain ).
Sometimes the walkover and / or poverty is rewarded, ie who predicts all or no stitches and fulfills its announcement, gets extra points. These are accounted for, of course, if one card per player was only handed out (at the beginning ).
The dealer turns over the last card and places it face up on the cards pile with not dealt in this game of cards; this color is for this round stocking. It is - as with many other card games also - the rule: Operation of the suit is a must ( so it prevails operating coercion); if you have not played suit, one can throw off a different color or pierce with a trump card, depending on whether you have scheduled the stitch in his calculations or not.
Then plays the left of the dealer sitting out the first card, the other players put in a clockwise direction to theirs. Who threw the highest card wins the trick and plays the closest to. The ranking of the cards ( the same color ) is the usual: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7 Since there are of each card two matches, is that the later played out ( in the same round ) higher than the pre- played; This means:
1 The second played in the same round ten of hearts - as an example - is higher than the pre- played ten of hearts; the second spades 7 higher ... & c..
2 So therefore you can not be sure that a full- spieltes ace se highest card of each color wins the trick, unless the other ace this color was played in another round already, or you can use both of these aces color on the hand or the other ace is already trump display upside down on the card pile.
This game requires a certain tactic feeling just when were told of all the players in the sum more or less than the total existing stitches in the round ( as variant). Or you get your stitches with cards that had it not been scheduled. Then we need a quick rethink.
Another possible modification is the " blind " and " double-blind rounds ": After actually last round (ie a map ) is the dummy round. Here, each player must announce the stitches before receiving his cards. In this round, the points will count double. After the dummy round, double-blind round follows: Again, you have to tell the blind stitches before. Additionally, however, we must never look at the cards themselves. That is, a player announces gets his cards and plays them out, without having seen it. In the double-blind round, the points count four times.
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