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One may neither discard a King nor a Bout. The Preneur takes the cards in his hand then discards 6 cards which remain secret during the entire play of the hand and which will be counted towards the won tricks of the Preneur. The Preneur turns over the 6 cards of the Chien so that each player can them. Play starts during a Prise or a Garde bid when the bidding is finished. Consequently, “Petit au bout” will be counted if the Petit wins the second to last trick In order for a Chelem to succeed, the one announcing it must win all tricks and must play the Excuse in the final trick. In the event of a Chelem announcement, the player making the announcement leads the first trick and becomes Preneur, regardless of who is the dealer. The Chelem can be declared by the Preneur in addition to his or her contract and the points are counted according to the required contract and a bonus (or a penalty) is added depending on the success (or the failure) of this Chelem:Ĭhelem announced and achieved: additional bonus of 400 points.Ĭhelem not announced but achieved: additional bonus of 200 points.Ĭhelem announced but not achieved: 200 points are subtracted from the total. To achieve Chelem successfully, it is necessary to win all the tricks. The other players, in turn, may overcall this first bid with a higher bid. If all four players pass, the player on the right-hand side of the dealer proceeds to a new deal.īut if a player bids, thinking that he or she can play alone against three united opponents, then that player says “prise”, “garde”, “garde sans le chien” or “garde contre le chien”.

If he or she says “I pass”, the right to bid passes to the right hand neighbor of this player, and so forth, to the dealer.

The player on the dealer’s right speaks first. The players pick up their cards only when the deal is finished.

During the deal, the dealer deals cards individually to a stock of 6 cards called the Chien (Dog).The dealer may not deal the first or the last card of the deck to the Chien. The dealer deals the cards, 3 at a time to each person, in a counter-clockwise direction. The player on the left of the dealer must then cut the cards. The cards are shuffled by the player seated opposite the dealer. There is a card marked with a star called the excuse or fool. In the non trumps suits the ranking is King, Dame, Chevalier, Vallet, 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,and finally one. The cards as seen above are rank ranked 21 down to one in the trump suite. However, while it is a challenge to learn it is definitely worth it. Finally all the players team up to prevent the one player who won the bid from making his or her contract. The rules provide many opportunities for strategic decision making. It is no mean feat to track what has been played with a 78 card deck. Jeu de Tarot gets my vote for the most complex card game I have ever played.