Zatre-Kartenspiel

Game preparation

2 to 4 players can join a game by typing /join . Start the game with /start . It's also possible to use shortcuts from the Game tool.

The game

The aim is to make as many series as possible whose sum is 10, 11 or 12 by laying down your cards, as only these values earn points. Whoever has the most points at the end of the game wins. With two, three or four players, as many rounds are played as there are players.

Game board

1. Cards laid by red
2. Cards of your choice
3. Points

Playing the game

The 50 cards are shuffled. For the first round of play, only 25 cards are used. The first player receives four cards in hand and the others three.

• On each turn, the active player lays down a card. Exception: for the first turn the starting player lays down 2 cards.
• All cards must be linked to a card already laid down. Exception: the starting card.
• Series with a total of 13 or more are forbidden.
• Series with a total of 9 or less are allowed (but earn no points).
• A card is drawn after laying.

Exception

It may happen that a player only has cards in his hand with which he can only make series exceeding 12. In this case he shows his cards to the other players and receives three new cards in his hand. This process must be repeated until he can play a card.

Zero

Zero value cards have a special significance: the zero is an element of a series, i.e. the zero doesn't stop the series! Several zeros are possible and allowed in a series. A zero can link together two started series if the sum of the two series does not exceed twelve.

Evaluation

Score evaluation follows the following rules:

• Each player notes on his sheet the points he has scored this round by laying down his card.
• The annotations must be made line by line and from top to bottom without leaving any blank squares.
• For placing on the game board a series of 10 you get 1 point, 3 points for a series of 11 and finally 5 points for a series of 12.
• The points obtained are entered on the sheet in the corresponding column.
• Series with a total of less than 10 can be placed, but do not earn any points.
• When a player obtains in a round several scores with the same total (e.g. two series worth 12), he enters all the points (e.g. two times 5 points = 10 points in the highest empty box of the 12(5) column).
• For a row of the scoreboard in which columns 10, 11 and 12 are filled, the player receives bonus points, which are indicated on the sheet. If a box is missing, there is no bonus.

Triple counts and the super bonus

By preparing his moves well, a player can try to achieve a triple count by playing a card. For each triple count obtained, the player earns a six-point super bonus. The super bonuses obtained are noted from bottom to top in the last column, entitled "Total", of the scorecard.

There are 2 possible triple counts. If a player completes a set with a value of 10, one with a value of 11 and one with a value of 12, he gets a super bonus of six extra points. If, by laying down a card, a player achieves 3 series of value 12, he also wins this super bonus of six points.

End of game

The first round ends when all 25 cards are laid down. For the second round we use the cards that have been set aside. For a 3rd and 4th round with 3 players resp. 4 players, the 50 cards are reshuffled and distributed as before. Each player totals his points on his score sheet. The winner is the player with the most points.