Introduction To Online Point Trick Card Games

Point trick games

This category of card games comprises of all the trick-taking games in which cards have certain point values and in which the winner is not determined by the tricks he takes but by the value of his cards.

The category is further divided in positive trick games in which a player needs to take more points that his or hers opponent(s), and negative point trick games in which the goal is to avoid taking points altogether. There are also a couple of games which are somewhat in between and where the objective is to take only a certain amount of points.

In many games the scoring scheme includes special card combinations which can dramatically boost a player's overall points. One of the games that feature combinations is online Klaverjassen.

The main point trick game families are presented below. 

• Tarot group. Games from this family use a special pack which includes cards that act as trumps all the time. A popular game derived from it is French tarot. 
• Manille group. The value of the cards is as following: Ten (France)/Nine (Spain) ’ 5; Ace ’ 4; King ’ 3 Queen and Knight ’ 2; Jack ’ 1
• Trappola group. This group of games is about five hundred years old and is played with a deck consisting of only 36 cards. The value of the cards is the same in both the plain and trump suit: Ace ’ 6; King ’ 5; Knight ’ 4; Jack ’ 3. Sadly, this unique group of card games is rarely played today and is slowly dying out. 
• Ace-ten group. In this family of games the ace and ten are the most valuable cards. Card ranking is: Ace ’ 11; Ten ’ 10; King ’ 4; Queen ’ 3; Jack ’ 2. Some games in this group have a similar scoring scheme with online Klaverjassen.

æ     Major subgroups include:

ª     Marriage games which feature a special bonus for holding the king and queen of a suit

ª     Schafkopf games in which all queens and jacks act as high trumps

ª     Sedma games which features aces and tens as the highest-scoring cards

Point trick card games are becoming increasingly popular online as more people become interested in other games besides Poker and Hearts.

To play Klaverjassen online and other similar games you only need a computer and a decent Internet connection. Usually, you can play klaverjassen online for free against either a computer or real opponents.