Creak is a card game with tricks for 4 players in a partnership of 2. The goal of the game is to be the team that will score the most points by the end of the game. The game consists of 16 rounds, and each round is scored before the start of the next. The deck must first be modified by removing all cards lower than 7. This leaves a deck of 32 cards.
Ranking and card values
The order of the cards differs between the trump suit and the other suits. The trump suit is ranked Jack (high), 9, Ace, 10, King, Queen, 8 and 7 (low). The other suits are ranked with the ace as the high card, followed by the 10, king, queen, jack, 9, 8 and 7 as the low card.
Cards also have associated values when won in tricks. These values also differ between trump and non-trump suits. For trump suits, jacks are worth 20 points, 9s are worth 14 points, aces are worth 11 points, 10s are worth 10 points, kings are worth 4 points, queens are worth 3 points, and 8 and 7 are worth nothing.
For non-trump suits, Aces are worth 11 points, Tens are worth 10 points, Kings are worth 4 points, Queens are worth 3 points, and Jacks are worth 2 points. 9, 8 and 7 are worth nothing.
A game
A game Klaverjassen there are 16 rounds. The aim of the round is to collect more points than the other team using the trump suit. The round starts by choosing a trump suit and then continues with 8 tricks which you try to get by using the highest card in the required suit or by "trumping" (if allowed).
SCORING
Scoring is done after each round. Each team earns its own bonus points along with points for cards won in tricks. For standard non-challenged play, if the announcers get a higher score than the other team, both teams win their points. If they are not, the opponents win all points including all bonus points. If there was a challenge, the last team to challenge must score more points than the opposing team. If they do, they win points after all multipliers are added up. If they don't, the opposing team wins all the points.
END OF GAME
After 16 rounds the game ends and the team with the highest score wins.
