Klaverjassen - The Family Game

 As there is no more pleasure than to socialize, klaverjassen helps a lot with this. It is played by four players, who are divided in two pairs, sitting opposite each other. Therefore, each pair tries to find their own ways to communicate nonverbally, to win the game. It is always interesting to watch the game and notice all these eyewinks and other little evidence of communication.

On the other hand, klaverjassen is really very simple game to learn, and it is a pleasure to play it. Thus, even a person who is not acquainted to the game at all can easily start playing it and manage to win quickly.

As klaverjassen is one of the trick-taking card games, you need to know at least several basic rules to start playing. Klaverjassen requires a piquet deck, which is a 32-card pack, where Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 7–10 are used.

Klaverjassen has its dealer, who gives cards to the players and starts each trick. Other players need to follow the suit. As soon as somebody wins the trick, the cards are turned down and placed in a pile, while a game continues.

Often klaverjassen has 16 deals, but players can concentrate on their points, for example, and score to 1500. By the way, points in klaverjassen can be scored in two main ways:

·         By counting the amount of tricks won

·         By the score of the card, which won the trick

Thus, scoring is simple and understandable.

While playing klaverjassen people chat friendly and discuss their businesses as well as family issues. It a time to remember college friends or make dreams about future.

Klaverjassen is a wonderful card game, which gives players an opportunity not to fix their minds on the cards. Not winning matters, but gaming. As soon as you have enough time in front of you, you’re always welcome to any café or club to find there people to play klaverjassen.

Moreover, it even doesn’t matter if you are friends or not, if you are acquainted or not, because the game itself helps to make friends, talk about anything ever and enjoy your life simply. Klaverjassen is really great to trelax and forget about everything in the world.