Ace–ten game
type of card game in which the aces and tens are of particularly high value
An ace–ten game is a type of card game, highly popular in Europe, in which the aces and tens are of particularly high value.
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Many of Europe's most popular card games feature the ace–ten scoring system, where the cards count as ace = 11, ten = 10, king = 4, queen or Ober = 3, jack or Unter = 2. Pip cards below the ten generally have no card point value and the pack is often shortened by removing the lower pip cards or 'non-counters'. This means that, in a typical shortened pack of between 20 and 36 cards, there are 120 card points and thus a winning total is typically 61 points. Wins are doubled for scoring three-quarters of the total points and trebled for winning every trick, a scoring system known as the skat schedule after its "most illustrious" example, the German national game of skat.
There are three branches of the ace–ten family:
Schafkopf group. The trump suit is bolstered by the promotion of each Unter (jack) or each Ober (queen) or both to be permanent top trumps.
Marriage group. Bonuses are added for melding a 'marriage' or 'pair' composed of a king and queen or king and Ober of the same suit. In many cases, bonuses are awarded for other melds and for taking the last trick.
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