Klaverjassen a Game of Joy

Mar 1
09:39

2011

Jan Kaas

Jan Kaas

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Sometimes you might feel so tired that you actually don’t know what to do to get a good rest. Often watching TV doesn’t help, or you even might feel more exhausted after watching numerous series. So, what to do?

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 The answer is simple: to play klaverjassen. This relaxing game was invented to help people get rid of stress and have nice minutes of fun. As klaverjassen is very simple to play,Klaverjassen a Game of Joy Articles everybody actually knows how to play it. Often even kids learn how to play klaverjassen more quickly than other card games.

Therefore, it is a good idea to have klaverjassen set at home. By the way, the game needs only four people, which makes two pairs, a pack of 32 cards and a table (or any other piece of furniture). What about time, you are free to establish by yourself, how much time you are willing to devote to playing klaverjassen.

Usually you have a certain amount of points to score to win the game. Thus, you can decrease or increase this number to either end the game or continue it.

The Aim – To Score a Trick

As any game has its rules and its aim, the same is with klaverjassen. Klaverjassen is a trick-taking card game, which means you have to win the trick to score more. After the dealer shuffles cards and gives eight cards to each player, the game starts with the first player to the left of the dealer. This means the person can whether play the trick or pass it.

Interesting fact is, nobody is actually obliged to play the trick, i.e. if all players can’t suit the card, the dealer shuffles cards again. Thus, there is no pressure for you to suit the card obligatory.

Moreover, as what you need is to suit the card in the trick, you can enjoy the company of family or friends while playing, without thinking of only winning. In fact, it is very important, to have a possibility to relax.

If somebody in your company feels to much sorry for losing the tricks, you can set your own rules of scoring points. For example, the rules of klaverjassen are tolerant to set bonus scores for the pair who lost the last trick, etc.

Due to the possibility to easily change the rules and add new ones, there are a lot of variants of klaverjassen developed. However, the most popular ones are Rotterdam and Amsterdam klaverjassen.