Trappola

Trappola (it. case ) or Bulka is the Piquet similar, historical card game for two, but usually three or four people and is played with the so-called Trappolierkarte, a variant of the Italian - Spanish map.

The origin of the Trappola - game is located in 16th century Venice. Gerolamo Cardano describes the game in his book Liber de Ludo Aleae in the form that was around 1530 in Sacco, a small town near Padua, in use. Trappola was common until the mid- 20th century, especially in Silesia, which is why the Trappolakarten are also known as Silesian playing cards, from the king - Italian Re - was doing " the deer ". The last Trappolakarten was produced in Prague in 1944, when facsimile this be reprinted again.

The following description is mainly based on the rule book of the company Piatnik Vienna by Robert Kissel.

The rules

The maps

The Trappola or Bulka game consists of 36 cards in four colors

Baštony ( rods ), Spady ( swords), kopy ( chalices ) and denary ( coins or flowers).

In each color there are nine cards: Ace (high), king, knight (shown as tabs ), Jack, Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven and Two.

Of course, Trappola can also play with a shortened to 36 sheets French map.

The Bulka

A cup - the so-called Bulka - is placed in the middle of the table and serves as a fund for the stakes of the players. If a player manages to win three consecutive games, he receives the contents of the Bulka.

Preparations

Before starting a game, each player draws a card to determine a ranking: The player with the highest card is Player # 1, the one with the second highest card player # 2, etc.

In the actual game, only two people are actively involved. When meet Which player follows the principle of a Chouette: In the first round player hits No. 1 on Player No. 2, his challenger. The loser of this round lined up at the end of a ranking, the winner stays on and is No. 1 player in the next round, the remaining players shift one line up. In the next round is again No. 1, that the winner of the last round, from No. 2, that No. 3 on the last lap, challenged, etc.

Exception: If a player wins the Bulka, he must classify at the end again.

The goal

Aim of the game is to carry messages and gathering stitches to score more points than the opponent.

The parts

Before the start of a round, the two active players each pay ten tokens in the Bulka. The respective challengers, so the new entrants player shuffles, then pull it off and shares the cards. Both players receive nine cards in three litters of three leaves. The remaining 18 cards are placed face down to one side.

The Report

After dividing the Report follows. If a player holds one of the following combinations of cards, he may announce, and will receive points as follows credited and payments from his opponent.

• Three of the same face cards ( three kings, three knights or three Jacks ) count six points, as well as the player gets from his opponent five tokens paid out.
• Four same face cards are worth twelve points, as well as the player gets from his opponent ten tokens paid out.
• Three pairs are worth ten points, as well as the player gets from his opponent five tokens paid out.
• Four two- count 20 points, also the player gets from his opponent ten tokens paid out.
• If a player has not a single image map, it reports " BLANS " or " carte blanche " and receives ten points and five tokens of his opponent.

All these combinations must be reported before the opening lead of the first card, otherwise no points will be credited or payments. If a player has announced three matches, the opponent may ask to cast the second stitch on the color of the fourth card.

The playout

After completion of reporting the challenger plays from the first trick. In Trappola there are no trumps. There is a compulsion to follow, but it does not need to be stung.

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If a player has three or four aces, he needs this only to report, if he plays the first. Can he keep all three or four aces in his engravings, he wrote 30 or 40 points, but if he loses an ace, he wrote only six or twelve points for his message. When a member registers three aces, so the opponent can not ask about the color of the fourth ace.

For the announcement of three or four aces, the player receives from his opponents five or ten tokens paid, provided he can keep the hip aces in his engravings.

If a player has no single map ( BLANS ) and also an ace, so he can " bianka " Announce and receives 20 points ( instead of ten ) and ten ( rather than five ) tokens of his opponent. Bianka does not have to be reported before the opening lead, but needs only to be announced at the opening lead of the last card.

Points for stitches

After a game, each player counts the points contained in their bites, and indeed applies

• Any ace six points
• Every king five points
• Every knight four points and
• Each boy three points.

Furthermore, the following premiums for special stitches are credited:

• If a player wins the last three stitches with a two, he will receive 78 points, and the opponent has to pay 30 tokens in the Bulka.
• If a player wins the last two stitches with a two, he will receive 52 points, and the opponent has to pay 20 tokens in the Bulka.
• If a player wins the last trick with a two, he will receive 26 points, and the opponent has to pay 10 tokens in the Bulka.
• If a player wins the last trick with another card, so he gets 6 points.
• If a player wins the first trick with a two, he will receive 52 points, and the opponent has to pay 20 tokens in the Bulka.
• If a player wins any other stitch with a two, he shall receive for each such random 10 points, and the opponent must each pay 5 tokens in the Bulka.
• If a player wins all the tricks, he gets another bonus of 30 points, and the opponent has to pay 10 tokens in the Bulka.

Statement

At the end of the round, both players add up their points. The player with the higher score is or remains No. 1 player and meets in the next round on the new challenger, the former No. 3

Per

If a player has won two games in a row, so it will report this with the announcement " Pro" and pays an additional ten tokens in the checkout. In the subsequent game, the player's opponents may consult each other.

Alifer

To discuss the following rule applies: If a player receives a very bad hand, he may with the question " Alifer? " Suggest that is re- divided. If the opponent agrees, as is the player who has divided anew. The bet is doubled, however, at each Alifer, that is, he is 20 Tokens Enter the second, 40 tokens in the third, etc.

The two-player game

If you play for two without Bulka, they are merely adds the points at the end of a game. There are no special payments for messages or engravings, the loser pays the winner the difference in points according to the scale to be agreed before the start of the game from.