The game consists of 78 cards. The following list of the cards is sorted by the card strength.
- r = Rosas - (Roses suit)
- c = Cupas - (Cups suit)
- s = Spadas - (Swords suit)
- b = Bastuns - (Bats suit
- t = Troccas
- n = Narr - Joker
The 4 suits (r,c,s,b) have each 14 cards, numbered from 1 to 10 and the 4 Figuras (Face Cards): Buob (Jack), Cavalier (Knight), Femna (Queen), Retg (King). These cards are comparable with a Standard 52 Card Deck, but with some exceptions:
- There is an extra card: the Cavalier (Knight), making a total of 14 cards for each suit.
- The strength of the cards is different then in a standard 52 deck game like eg. Texas Hold'em Poker (more about this below)
The Troccas are numbered from 1 to 21
The Narr (Joker) has no number
| Card Type | Cards | Total Number |
|---|---|---|
| Troccas | t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t7 t78 t9 t10 t11 t12 t13 t14 t15 t16 t17 t18 t19 t20 t21 | 21 |
| Rosas | r10 r9 r8 r7 r6 r5 r4 r3 r2 r1 rb rc rf rr | 14 |
| Cupas | c10 c9 c8 c7 c6 c5 c4 c3 c2 c1 cb cc cf cr | 14 |
| Spadas | s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 s7 s8 s9 s10 sb sc sf sr | 14 |
| Bastuns | b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b8 b9 b10 bb bc bf br | 14 |
| Narr | n0 | 1 |
| Total Cards | 78 |
Note: the beating power and the card value are very different. A high strenght card like t20 beats the retg da rosas but it has a value of 0 while the retg has a value of 5
- Troccas: The troccas cards always beat the suit cards while the higher numbered troccas beats the lower troccas card. t21 (il mund/ the world) is the strongest card in the game
- Face Cards: The face cards of each suit beat the numbered cards of the same suit (and only the same suit) while the retg (king) ist stronger then the femna (queen), the femna is stronger then the cavalier (knight), the cavalier is stronger then the buob (Jack)
- Numbered spadas (swords) and bastuns (bats): The 10 beats the 9, the 9 beats the 8, ... down to the one
- Numbered rosas (roses) and cupas (cups): The 1 beats the 2, the 2 beats the 3, ... up to the 10
- Narr (joker): The Narr has no beating strength and loses always
- Troccas: t21 (il mund) and t1 (il bagat) have a value of 5 points each. All other troccas have a value of 0 points
- Ils retgs (kings): the 4 retgs have each a value of 5 points
- Las femnas (queens): the 4 femnas have each a value of 4 points
- Ils cavaliers (knights): the 4 cavaliers have each a value of 3 points
- Ils buobs (jacks): the 4 jacks have each a value of 2 points
- Numbered cards: all the numbered cards of the suits have a value of 0 points
- Narr (Joker): the narr has a value of 5 points
- Troccas is usually played by 4 players. There are other rules of another number of players. For this project we use the 4 players rules of Crusch Alva, Tavanasa (restaurant in a village in Surselva) where the Club da Troccas 'Lochli' has its seat.
- The 4 players sit on each side of a table in a way that the are able to hide the cards from the other players.
- The players that sit diagonally build a team
- To play the game they use one deck of cards, a card game carpet, a piece of paper and a ruler
The game has the following phases. In each phase there are decisions to be made
- P1 Team building and select starting player
- P2 Shuffling
- P3 Distribution, Tschintschar (Announcing the hand to the partner), deciding whether to play or starting over with shuffling
- P4 Play the hands
- P5 Counting the played game P2 to P5 are repeated 4 times while changing the starting player clockwise for each game = ina runda (one round)
A predefined number of rounds will be played in a tournament. This number can vary from event to event.
- P6 Replay for n rounds
- P7 Defining the winner of the n rounds game
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