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A foursome, played with the Bavarian card deck
Dealt is like this: 4x three, 4x three, 4x three.
Once it is determined who definitively announces the chosen playstyle, he also tells the number of consecutive tops at hand, or says ohne, for none. Who his team player is, will be found out later; the number of tops for the declarer team are counted together accordingly, for which extra points will be scored later. When a trump card is played out for the first time by the former, he must take over with his top; i.e., as soon as possible, but normally a highly‑scored card is played out, or, especially for grand, the lowest ranking one. For playstyle Spiel he can announce strikers, too. Or he can leave the decision to his team player. Which he can do, after he has won the decisive trick. This is done, immdediately before he plays out the next card. If he said nothing, then it is played without strikers.
Scoring. Game won 2, or 4 if without 30 (Schneider), or 6 if schwarz (zero points). Plus 1 each for consecutive tops, if won, for the declarer team, which is doubled for Grand. In case the teams both have 60 points, the game is scored with 1 for the defender team; no extra points are added for tops.
If it happens that nobody wants to play, then the game is scored like this. All turn their cards upward; then the hands are compared. No Ober results in zero. Otherwise, the sum is: two for the first Ober present, one for each other Ober, Unter, or Ass. For all who are below six, the game is scored plus 1.