Mittlere Jass
Mittlere Jass Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Definition
Mittlere is a game for three players. Each player plays for themselves, and the trump suit is not fixed until a player lacks the suit that was led: this off-suit becomes trump.
Basic Rules
- This Jass variant can only be played with three players.
- Each player receives 12 cards.
- Each player plays for themselves. Stöck and Weis points do not count.
Playing the Game
- First, an Obenabe round is played, i.e. without a trump suit.
- Card values nevertheless count as they do in a trump game.
- Whoever holds a card of the suit that was led must play it.
Determining the Trump Suit
- Whoever has no card of the suit that was led may determine the trump suit.
- The first off-suit played therefore becomes the trump suit, which applies until the end of the game.
- Once the trump suit is known, a trick may also be trumped with a trump card.
Scoring (Schreiben)
- Each game always distributes 2 Striche (strokes, one-point tally marks) and 2 Nuller (zero marks).
- After each game, the two players with the highest and the lowest point totals each receive 1 Strich.
- The player with the middle point total receives 2 Nuller.
Special Rules
- If all players follow suit in all 12 tricks, so that no trump suit can be determined, the game is annulled.
- Whoever reaches 100 or more card points must have 2 Nuller recorded, and each of their fellow players receives 1 Strich.
- Whoever does not win at least 1 trick receives 2 Nuller.
- A Matsch game is rewarded with 2 Striche.
Note: the source uses the term "Matsch" without defining it, so it is kept as printed.