Rules overview of FreeDoko

Table of contents

 1. Order of cards
 2. Special rules
 3. Announcements
 4. Soli

Order of cards

trump         value   color      value
-------------------   ----------------
heart ten        10

club queen        3   club ace      11
spade queen       3   club ten      10
heart queen       3   club king      4
diamond queen     3   club nine      0

club jack         2   spade ace     11
spade jack        2   spade ten     10
heart jack        2   spade king     4
diamond jack      2   spade nine     0

diamond ace      11   heart ace     11
diamond ten      10
diamond king      4   heart king     4
diamond nine      0   heart nine     0

Special rules

fox
    a single trump ace, which the opposing team jabs, earns a bonus point.
swines
    both trump aces on one hand are the highest trump (even higher than heart
    ten)
poverty (a solo comes first)
      + 3 trumps or less: put the trumps covered on the table.
        Teammate is the player, who takes this cards and gives the same number
        of any of his cards back (he tells how much trumps he has given back)
      + 5 nines or more: the cards are redistributed
marriage
    both club queens on one hand: the player may choose a criterion for his
    teammate (first foreign trick, first foreign spade trick, ...)

Announcements

till trick announcement  meaning 
(default)
-------------------------------------------------------
    2      re           club queen
                        no 120 points for opposite team
    2      kontra       versus club queens
                        no 120 points for opposite team
    3      no 90        no 90 points for opposite team
    6      no 60        no 60 points for opposite team
    9      no 30        no 30 points for opposite team
    9       black       non Stich for opposite team

When the first trick has 30 points or more, then the winner of this trick must
say re or contra.

Re and contra doubles the value of a game. All other announcements are one
bonus point for the winnerteam

In the order of annoucement must none be left out.

Soli

diamond solo
    no changes
color solo
    one color replaces the diamond cards as trump
queen solo
    only queens are trump
jack solo
    only jacks are trump
queen-jack solo
    only queens and jacks are trump
Koehler
    only kings, queens and jacks are trump
meatless
    there are no trumps
hidden solo
    a player with marriage makes no announcement

Each solo has the triple value for the solo player.

All unused former trumps are placed among the none trump cards. Order: Ace,
ten, king, queen, jack, nine.

