FreeDoko: rules overview
Author: Diether Knof, Borg Enders
Date: 2003-08-07

# Rules overview of FreeDoko

## Table of contents

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

## Order of cards

trump | value
heart ten | 10
club queen | 3
spade queen | 3
heart queen | 3
diamond queen | 3
club jack | 2
spade jack | 2
heart jack | 2
diamond jack | 2
diamond ace | 11
diamond ten | 10
diamond king | 4
diamond nine | 0
color | value
club ace | 11
club ten | 10
club king | 4
club nine | 0
spade ace | 11
spade ten | 10
spade king | 4
spade nine | 0
heart ace | 11
heart king | 4
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.