Doppelkopf

German trick-taking game (DDV tournament rules) – 4 players, secret partners – 48 cards

Cards

Every card exists twice: nine, ten, jack, queen, king, ace in four suits. Ace 11, ten 10, king 4, queen 3, jack 2, nine 0 – 240 card points in total. Everyone gets 12 cards (in threes); the player left of the dealer leads.
Trumps in a normal game, from the top: ten of hearts (Dulle), the queens (clubs, spades, hearts, diamonds), the jacks (same order), then ace, ten, king, nine of diamonds – 26 trumps. Side suits: ace, ten, king, nine (hearts only ace, king, nine).
Of two identical cards, the one played first wins (the Dullen too).

The two holders of a queen of clubs are Re, the other two are Kontra. Who belongs to whom is secret until a queen of clubs is played or an announcement is made.
Holding both queens of clubs you may announce a Hochzeit (wedding): your partner is the first other player to win a trick within the first three tricks; if nobody does, you play a diamonds solo. Without announcing it you play a silent wedding, alone against three.

Before the first lead everyone says “healthy” or “reservation” in turn. A solo beats a wedding (with rule switches also throw-in and poverty).
Solos (alone against three): diamonds, hearts, spades or clubs solo (Dullen, queens, jacks and the chosen suit are trump), queens solo, jacks solo, no-trump solo (Fleischloser). The player left of the dealer leads in a solo too.

You must follow suit (trump counts as one suit); there is no obligation to win or to trump.
Announcements: Re or Kontra while you still hold at least 11 cards; then “no 90” (10 cards), “no 60” (9), “no 30” (8), “schwarz” (7). The other party can still reply Re/Kontra with one card fewer. In a wedding the deadlines move by one or two cards if the deciding trick is the 2nd or 3rd.

Re needs 121 card points (120 if only Kontra was announced), Kontra 120 (or 121). After your own no 90 / 60 / 30 you need 151 / 181 / 211, after schwarz every trick; against such an announcement 90 / 60 / 30 points or a single trick are enough.
Points for the winners: won 1; opponents under 90, 60, 30, no trick +1 each; Re and Kontra announced +2 each; every further announcement +1; 120 against no 90 (90 against no 60 …) +1; against the club queens (Kontra wins a normal game) +1.
Extra points (normal games only, for the party that earns them): Doppelkopf (a trick of 40+ points), fox caught (an opponent’s ace of diamonds), Karlchen (jack of clubs wins the last trick) – +1 each.
Everyone wins or pays this value; in a solo the soloist triple.
Rule switches: without nines (40 cards), the second Dulle beats the first (always, or except in the last trick), Schweine (both aces of diamonds in one hand: above the Dullen), poverty (at most 3 trumps: cards may be exchanged), no solos, no Karlchen, throw-in with 5 nines / 5 kings.