For anyone interested in the basics of Jassen, we have a PDF document available for download. Download from this link: Jass Basics
Excerpt from “Jass Basics”…
Jassen is the Swiss national card game. It is played by four people, in teams of two. The two team members sit opposite each other. The aim is to score as many points as possible.
You win if your team has scored more points than the opposing team.
There are four suits of nine cards. Each player gets dealed nine cards. Players take it in turn to decide what’s trumps. If your cards are not good enough to call trumps, you can pass the decision to your team partner. You then play out your first card (if it’s your turn). Then the other players play theirs, it goes round anticlockwise. Whoever has the highest ranking card, gets to keep the whole trick (all four cards), and can play out the next card. At the end of each game each team adds their points, and writes them down. The points always add to 157.
