Klaverjassen – The Best to Play Everywhere

 As klaverjassen is supposed to be played by four players, who make two pairs, sitting opposite each other, it becomes almost irreplaceable during family meetings, friends’ parties and klaverjassen suits café atmosphere perfectly as well.

What Are the Rules?

The rules of klaverjassen are very simple, as it is one of the trick-taking card games, where players need to score points by taking tricks. Usually, the player who uses the highest-ranked card, wins the trick and scores a certain amount of points.

It goes without saying, when players are divided into pairs, each pair scores its points. At the end of the game all points are summed up and the winner is chosen. Sometimes, bonus points can be added for the pair who won the last trick, etc. In this case players set the rules of bonus points before playing.

Any Peculiarities?

There can be certain varieties in the rules of klaverjassen, considering the cities it originated from: Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht. However, these three games are slightly varied, thus any player who is great at Amsterdam klaverjassen, can easily keep his prevalence.

Despite the fact, klaverjassen has 16 deals there can be a certain amount of points to score, for example 1500 (instead of 152). Besides, it often happens that a group of people playing  klaverjassen enjoy it very much and change any rule or adds something new to the game, making it even more exciting. Thus, a new version of the game appears, and a game is developing further, providing more versions and more players.

Are Trumps Used?

It really depends on the variety of the game and on its players. Most often people use trumps by simply choosing it, when a person at the left of the dealer randomly names a card. However, there are a lot of other ways to choose trumps. For example, if there is a second pack of cards, players shuffle it, and turn over the first card to determine trumps.

Klaverjassen is a very simple and entertaining card game, which is easy to manage, quick to play and rapid to become a professional player. Perhaps, these facts keep klaverjassen so popular and beloved by Dutch.