German Solo

German solo or short solo, Low German Sollo is a simplified version of Spanish playing cards L' Hombre, but for four people. In Germany the game is not too common today, in the U.S. it is still played under the name of Modern Ombre however.

The rules of Solo are relatively simple. The following description is from the Munsterland used some expressions related to Low German, which are admittedly hard to translate.

Game rules

Players and game material

Solo is played with four people with a Skatblatt 8s and 9s without, that is, with 24 playing cards.

Game idea

The aim of the game is to get as active party or single player at least four stitches. The opponents of course try to prevent this.

Stockings

The highest trump is the Queen of Clubs ( the old woman, also Spadille ), the second highest is the trump -7 ( Manila ), depending on which color is played, the third highest is the Queen of Spades (bass, actually: Basta ). The rest of the cards fall in the order Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 7, from.

Dealing and the game begins

The card dealer shuffles the cards and then distributed to the players, so that everyone gets six playing cards. The player can determine before hand the first game. If he does not want this, he says " off " and the next player 's turn.

Possible match types

If none of the players acts, we have " Verscheih ". The old woman ( the player with the Queen of Clubs ) calls an ace, the player with this ace can determine a trump card. It then plays along with the " old". The goal is again to get four stitches.

Game play

After the game is released, plays from the front of the hand seated. The player who played the highest trump or the highest faulty card takes the trick and then play again. Once all the stitches are made ​​, they can be counted, and you actually have during the game will always know how many stitches each party. There are only counted the stitches, no points.

Has the operating team (or the enemy, but is very rare), the first 4 stitches, must decide the next Ausspielende if he wins. If he plays on, he must with his partner also sweep 5 and 6 get, otherwise the whole game is lost, he then plays namely in the " Tou " (from French tous: all ). But if you get all the stitches, this is rewarded with a very high profit. If he wants to stop, he puts the cards on the table, says " circuit" and collects a premium for " the first ".

Who has the Queen of Clubs and the Queen of Spades, may - if he wants to play no Sollo - knocking ( Large). Then continue as in " Verscheih ", but more expensive.

Statement

Individual game ratings:

Question 4 Sollo easy 2 Sollo Heart 4 the first 2 Verscheih 4 Verscheih Heart 4 Large ( after tapping ) 4 Large ( Heart) 8 Tou (all stitches) 8 Tou announced everything twice 3 heroes 3 3 matadors Heart 6 for knocking 2 The three highest trumps - the old woman, Trump 7 and bass - hot matadors. Are these three highest trumps the operating team, this will be specifically remunerated or must - be especially paid - in case of defeat.