Each game has its own unique rules, thus creating a certain atmosphere for its players. The games can be involving, competitive, logical, etc. However, there is a card game, used to be the most socializing one, named klaverjassen. Klaverjassen is a Dutch game, originated around 1890–95 and has deep roots all over Europe.
Now it’s very wide-spread in Netherlands and is beloved by a huge variety of people of different ages, different works and habits. The secret of the klaverjassen’s popularity, I think, is in its special ability to unite people, as klaverjassen is very helpful to socialize for a long time without feeling boring or frustrated.
Why Klaverjassen?
When there are a lot of people gathered at the table, they often play klaverjassen for fun, to amuse themselves and not to get distracted from their conversations. Klaverjassen is really the best game for all these requirements. Its rules are simple, it’s played quickly and smoothly. Moreover, klaverjassen cannot be referred to highly competitive games, because it’s more of luck and logic to win.
In addition, every group of players is free to set their own klaverjassen rules and alter the existing ones. Therefore, the game became very flexible and comfortable to play. Everyone is satisfied in it: both families and friends are fond of it. Even total strangers play klaverjassen in pubs and cafes, as this game helps them to get to know each other better, to get acquainted, to make friends.
Lots of Joy and Relax in One Bundle
Frankly speaking, making friends is not so easy, when you have a busy life and loads of work. Communication is a great way out, but it can’t be the only thing to do all the time. Therefore, klaverjassen is the best choice to get along well. This game helps to understand each other better due to being played by pairs. Certainly, each player wants to win, but only a pair wins. So, backing up your partner is often a shortcut to the victory. All these slight non-verbal sings, fast meaningful glances are very useful things to master. At the same time it is lots of fun! Not only playing klaverjassen, even watching it gives you a decent relax and precious moments of rest.
So, you still don’t know what to do this evening? You have no plans for a weekend? Get yourself out of a usual routine and play klaverjassen!
Jan Kaas is specialized in writing about klaverjassen and online klaverjassen.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The Most Universal Game of Cards
There are a lot of games today, which are very different and interesting. It goes without saying, each one is great for its players and is wonderful for the fans. Outdoor games, table games, puzzles and crosswords – all of them are exciting in their own way. When you want to breeze some fresh air, you take your family or friends and go outside to the park or out of the country with a ball or other gaming stuff. When it’s rainy or cloudy, you stay at home and play table games with your family.
Frankly speaking, it’s not very easy to find a game, which would be equally pleasant and enjoyable for everyone around the table. However, klaverjassen is unquestionable choice for a family or friends to spend a nice couple of hours together.
Klaverjassen Has Something to Offer for Everyone
Middle-aged people will be satisfied with the calmness and simplicity of the game, while youths may enjoy its addictively competitive spirit. Friends will be pleased to play klaverjassen, because it is interesting and it provides a wide range of possibilities to relax and socialize.
The rules of klaverjassen are really simple: there are four players, who need to follow the suit. The bidding is done clockwise. Despite the fact, there are a lot of variations of klaverjassen, its core rules remain the same. The differences are considering mostly the rules of scoring points or using trumps.
However, these ones are also willingly changed by the players according to their needs. Certainly, when the time to spend playing klaverjassen is limited, the amount of scores will be reduced, and vice versa. At the same time, using trumps is also up to players, who can whether use them every time they have any, or use trumps only is there is a strong necessity.
Varieties of Klaverjassen Can Be Created by You!
Now there are two main varieties of klaverjassen: Amsterdam and Rotterdam one. The general amount of variations of klaverjassen is so vast, that hardly anyone can name them for sure. Inevitably, having a wide range of klaverjassen variations is a real sign of its popularity. So, everyone can takes the chances and play its own klaverjassen. Frankly, this is the way for the game to develop further. Perhaps, it was this ease of rules and change that made klaverjassen one of the most frequently played card games ever.
Jan Kaas is specialized in writing about klaverjassen and online klaverjassen.
Frankly speaking, it’s not very easy to find a game, which would be equally pleasant and enjoyable for everyone around the table. However, klaverjassen is unquestionable choice for a family or friends to spend a nice couple of hours together.
Klaverjassen Has Something to Offer for Everyone
Middle-aged people will be satisfied with the calmness and simplicity of the game, while youths may enjoy its addictively competitive spirit. Friends will be pleased to play klaverjassen, because it is interesting and it provides a wide range of possibilities to relax and socialize.
The rules of klaverjassen are really simple: there are four players, who need to follow the suit. The bidding is done clockwise. Despite the fact, there are a lot of variations of klaverjassen, its core rules remain the same. The differences are considering mostly the rules of scoring points or using trumps.
However, these ones are also willingly changed by the players according to their needs. Certainly, when the time to spend playing klaverjassen is limited, the amount of scores will be reduced, and vice versa. At the same time, using trumps is also up to players, who can whether use them every time they have any, or use trumps only is there is a strong necessity.
Varieties of Klaverjassen Can Be Created by You!
Now there are two main varieties of klaverjassen: Amsterdam and Rotterdam one. The general amount of variations of klaverjassen is so vast, that hardly anyone can name them for sure. Inevitably, having a wide range of klaverjassen variations is a real sign of its popularity. So, everyone can takes the chances and play its own klaverjassen. Frankly, this is the way for the game to develop further. Perhaps, it was this ease of rules and change that made klaverjassen one of the most frequently played card games ever.
Jan Kaas is specialized in writing about klaverjassen and online klaverjassen.
A Long but Fun Way to Master Hartenjagen
Hartenjagen is one of the most popular trick-taking games all over the world, being provided with every installation of Windows aka hearts. Therefore, almost every adult obviously played it at least once in his or her life.
Hartenjagen cannot be named very difficult to play game, but it’s not very simple as well. Every hartenjagen player needs to master it all the time to be aware of varieties in rules of the game appearing and increase the level of playing. Hartenjagen is a trick-taking game requiring some logical thinking and experience.
Newbie can hardly win a game competing with an experienced player (certainly, if he’s not a genius). So, after you study the rules of the game, you need to set your feet towards practicing. It goes without saying, you need to find an opponent with nearly the same level of mastering hartenjagen.
When it’s impossible or very difficult to do, playing hartenjagen with a computer can replace real opponent for a while. However, it’s important to remember, that it doesn’t matter how brilliant you play with a computer, because playing with real people is totally another thing.
Competitve? Yes! Exciting? Yes!
Hartenjagen is one of the best card games to enjoy, when you are fond of card games. It can hardly be played when meeting a friend, because it is too distractive and involving, but it is wonderful to play because just because you want to play and like to. However, hartenjagen is great to play during family holidays, when you actually don’t know how to entertain your guests and family members. Hartenjagen can be very helpful in such situation. Competitive spirit of the game makes all its players concentrate on the game and forget about everything else.
Today there are also a lot of online hartenjagen players, who master their play and participate in different tournaments. Certainly, playing online hartenjagen is very exciting, but thus addictive. Playing a lot of tournaments can be pricy, if you are not the best of the best. So, there are two ways, as always. First one: practice makes perfect. The more you play, the more you win. And the second: play hartenjagen just for fun, with friends and relatives – it’s totally safe (except for being accused of too many victories). So, it’s up to you to decide what kind of a game is the best for you.
Jan Kaas is specialized in writing about hartenjagen and online hartenjagen.
Hartenjagen cannot be named very difficult to play game, but it’s not very simple as well. Every hartenjagen player needs to master it all the time to be aware of varieties in rules of the game appearing and increase the level of playing. Hartenjagen is a trick-taking game requiring some logical thinking and experience.
Newbie can hardly win a game competing with an experienced player (certainly, if he’s not a genius). So, after you study the rules of the game, you need to set your feet towards practicing. It goes without saying, you need to find an opponent with nearly the same level of mastering hartenjagen.
When it’s impossible or very difficult to do, playing hartenjagen with a computer can replace real opponent for a while. However, it’s important to remember, that it doesn’t matter how brilliant you play with a computer, because playing with real people is totally another thing.
Competitve? Yes! Exciting? Yes!
Hartenjagen is one of the best card games to enjoy, when you are fond of card games. It can hardly be played when meeting a friend, because it is too distractive and involving, but it is wonderful to play because just because you want to play and like to. However, hartenjagen is great to play during family holidays, when you actually don’t know how to entertain your guests and family members. Hartenjagen can be very helpful in such situation. Competitive spirit of the game makes all its players concentrate on the game and forget about everything else.
Today there are also a lot of online hartenjagen players, who master their play and participate in different tournaments. Certainly, playing online hartenjagen is very exciting, but thus addictive. Playing a lot of tournaments can be pricy, if you are not the best of the best. So, there are two ways, as always. First one: practice makes perfect. The more you play, the more you win. And the second: play hartenjagen just for fun, with friends and relatives – it’s totally safe (except for being accused of too many victories). So, it’s up to you to decide what kind of a game is the best for you.
Jan Kaas is specialized in writing about hartenjagen and online hartenjagen.
Welcome to Klaverjassen
One of the most popular and the most pleasantly addictive card games is klaverjassen. This game is played by two teams of two members each, sitting opposite each other. Klaverjassen is considered to be one of the trick-taking card games, and it uses a piquet deck (a pack of cards, which excludes four 6s).
The rules of klaverjassen are simple to learn fast and at the same time they provide a certain level of complexity, making the game really interesting. The main aim of each player is to score more. Considerably, the more suits you are able to follow, the more scores you have. As klaverjassen is played in pairs, the pair with the highest scores wins.
Despite the fact there are a lot of different variations of klaverjassen, core rules still remain the same, the differences are mostly about using trumps and scoring.
Going Back to Origins
Klaverjassen is a Dutch game, played throughout Netherlands not only at home but also at social clubs, pubs and cafes. The most amazing thing is klaverjassen is equally appreciated by all generations, being played by grandparents and their grandchildren.
What about the rules, each player has to follow the suit of cards played. As soon as he wins it, he scores certain amount of points. The points can be given just for winning the suit, or depending on the card, which won. These differences are referred to variations of the game. There are two main variations of klaverjassen, named Rotterdam and Amsterdam, due to the places of their development.
Step Forward to Change
However, as klaverjassen became national game, its rules are up to changing very frequently. As soon as there are players in a hurry, the amount of points to score to win is reduced. When the players have the entire evening of spare time, they increase the amount of points. Sometimes, you can even change the way of scoring points, for example, by making certain suits of cards more valuable than others. Mostly often, the first suit gets you 20 points, winning two or more suits one after another gives you additional points. It’s a good idea to make the last suit rewarding as well, increasing the mood of those who loses.
Thus, you get every member of klaverjassen satisfied and well-relaxed, helping each other to recover from the overloaded work week and deal with other problems.
Jan Kaas is specialized in writing about klaverjassen and online klaverjassen.
The rules of klaverjassen are simple to learn fast and at the same time they provide a certain level of complexity, making the game really interesting. The main aim of each player is to score more. Considerably, the more suits you are able to follow, the more scores you have. As klaverjassen is played in pairs, the pair with the highest scores wins.
Despite the fact there are a lot of different variations of klaverjassen, core rules still remain the same, the differences are mostly about using trumps and scoring.
Going Back to Origins
Klaverjassen is a Dutch game, played throughout Netherlands not only at home but also at social clubs, pubs and cafes. The most amazing thing is klaverjassen is equally appreciated by all generations, being played by grandparents and their grandchildren.
What about the rules, each player has to follow the suit of cards played. As soon as he wins it, he scores certain amount of points. The points can be given just for winning the suit, or depending on the card, which won. These differences are referred to variations of the game. There are two main variations of klaverjassen, named Rotterdam and Amsterdam, due to the places of their development.
Step Forward to Change
However, as klaverjassen became national game, its rules are up to changing very frequently. As soon as there are players in a hurry, the amount of points to score to win is reduced. When the players have the entire evening of spare time, they increase the amount of points. Sometimes, you can even change the way of scoring points, for example, by making certain suits of cards more valuable than others. Mostly often, the first suit gets you 20 points, winning two or more suits one after another gives you additional points. It’s a good idea to make the last suit rewarding as well, increasing the mood of those who loses.
Thus, you get every member of klaverjassen satisfied and well-relaxed, helping each other to recover from the overloaded work week and deal with other problems.
Jan Kaas is specialized in writing about klaverjassen and online klaverjassen.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Klaverjassen or Klaverjassen Online?
Klaverjassen is a popular trick-taking card game played all over the world, but mostly in Netherlands, where it originated from. Originally, the game was played in social clubs, cafes and pubs, as well as at home. Today klaverjassen gradually goes online.
It goes without saying, sometimes you’re alone and want to play klaverjassen when it’s cold outside and you have no wish to go out. In this case you make yourself a cup of tea or coffee and go online to find klaverjassen partners to play it in a comfort of your favorite armchair. However, online klaverjassen doesn’t provide you enough socializing, which is easily brought by klaverjassen somewhere in a club. Also, playing klaverjassen at home, with a family, is obviously much more pleasure than doing this with a PC and with virtual players.
On the other hand, when you’re too tired to go anywhere or there are no more powers left to talk to anybody, playing online klaverjassen is a great way out. You can enjoy your rest freely, with no limits and no one interrupting your flow of thoughts.
Online Klaverjassen – Is It Actually Harder to Play?
No, it’s not, really. But, there are several peculiarities you need to take into account. As far as you don’t know nor your partner neither your opponents, it’s more difficult to develop your own strategy of the game. Also, there is no possibility to use any signaling sings you could use sitting opposite each other. Therefore, you should be more attentive and accurate when playing online klaverjassen. As a rule, the better you play klaverjassen in reality, the more successfully you play it online.
Is Klaverjassen Played for Fun Only?
Klaverjassen is a very flexible game, it brings you relax when playing in a company and provides you with a rest playing online. At the same time, klaverjassen can be referred to gambling as well, because you can play it for money. Certainly, the bids are not really high, as well as the wins, but still playing for money brings much more excitement than playing just for fun. When you become a strong klaverjassen player, you can even make some money winning different tournaments. Of course, you should spend enough time for this, and like this way of spare time. It’s only up to you to decide which klaverjassen is better to play: online or real.
Jan Kaas is specialized in writing about klaverjassen and online klaverjassen.
It goes without saying, sometimes you’re alone and want to play klaverjassen when it’s cold outside and you have no wish to go out. In this case you make yourself a cup of tea or coffee and go online to find klaverjassen partners to play it in a comfort of your favorite armchair. However, online klaverjassen doesn’t provide you enough socializing, which is easily brought by klaverjassen somewhere in a club. Also, playing klaverjassen at home, with a family, is obviously much more pleasure than doing this with a PC and with virtual players.
On the other hand, when you’re too tired to go anywhere or there are no more powers left to talk to anybody, playing online klaverjassen is a great way out. You can enjoy your rest freely, with no limits and no one interrupting your flow of thoughts.
Online Klaverjassen – Is It Actually Harder to Play?
No, it’s not, really. But, there are several peculiarities you need to take into account. As far as you don’t know nor your partner neither your opponents, it’s more difficult to develop your own strategy of the game. Also, there is no possibility to use any signaling sings you could use sitting opposite each other. Therefore, you should be more attentive and accurate when playing online klaverjassen. As a rule, the better you play klaverjassen in reality, the more successfully you play it online.
Is Klaverjassen Played for Fun Only?
Klaverjassen is a very flexible game, it brings you relax when playing in a company and provides you with a rest playing online. At the same time, klaverjassen can be referred to gambling as well, because you can play it for money. Certainly, the bids are not really high, as well as the wins, but still playing for money brings much more excitement than playing just for fun. When you become a strong klaverjassen player, you can even make some money winning different tournaments. Of course, you should spend enough time for this, and like this way of spare time. It’s only up to you to decide which klaverjassen is better to play: online or real.
Jan Kaas is specialized in writing about klaverjassen and online klaverjassen.
Online Hartenjagen: Pros and Cons
As any other game, hartenjagen has its rules and its requirements. First, it is a card game of four players. Hence, you really need to find other players if you want to spend some time playing hartenjagen. Moreover, as this game is based on logical thinking, playing with other people is much more interesting when you know them, you know their way of thinking, it’s easy for you to predict the strategy of players. Considerably, your opponents can predict your tricks, too. However, this is what adds hartenjagen excitement and fun.
At the same time, sometimes you can be not in the mood to go out and play with somebody at a club, or all your friends and acquaintances are busy/out of the city and you actually have no people to play with. In this case, playing online hartenjagen is a great decision. Thus, you can get relax and fun at the same time.
So, what makes online hartenjagen so wonderful and pleasant? There is a short list of some advantages of playing hartenjagen online:
• You don’t have to find three more players to play
• You don’t need to go anywhere
• You can enjoy the quiet and cozy atmosphere of your home
• You can play as much time as you want to, and no one will be telling you that there is time to go home, sleep, etc.
• You can choose whether to play with a computer or with real people
• Thus, you can choose a proper level of hartenjagen for you to practice or find strong players to make the game even more challenging
• You can earn some money playing tournaments
Inevitably, online hartenjagen has its cons, and here are some disadvantages of online gaming:
• You don’t actually socialize
• Sometimes you don’t feel time limits and can get tired more than have a rest
• You don’t know your opponents, thus you can’t predict their nor their strategies neither their level of mastering the game
• You can actually lose your money and get used to gambling, which is not a good thing
• Finally, you spent the time playing online instead of communicating with your friends or family members
As far as you can see, both online and real hartenjagen have their advantages and disadvantages, and it’s up to you to decide which one is better. However, sticking to the golden mean is always the best thing to do.
Jan Kaas is specialized in writing about hartenjagen and hartenjagen online
At the same time, sometimes you can be not in the mood to go out and play with somebody at a club, or all your friends and acquaintances are busy/out of the city and you actually have no people to play with. In this case, playing online hartenjagen is a great decision. Thus, you can get relax and fun at the same time.
So, what makes online hartenjagen so wonderful and pleasant? There is a short list of some advantages of playing hartenjagen online:
• You don’t have to find three more players to play
• You don’t need to go anywhere
• You can enjoy the quiet and cozy atmosphere of your home
• You can play as much time as you want to, and no one will be telling you that there is time to go home, sleep, etc.
• You can choose whether to play with a computer or with real people
• Thus, you can choose a proper level of hartenjagen for you to practice or find strong players to make the game even more challenging
• You can earn some money playing tournaments
Inevitably, online hartenjagen has its cons, and here are some disadvantages of online gaming:
• You don’t actually socialize
• Sometimes you don’t feel time limits and can get tired more than have a rest
• You don’t know your opponents, thus you can’t predict their nor their strategies neither their level of mastering the game
• You can actually lose your money and get used to gambling, which is not a good thing
• Finally, you spent the time playing online instead of communicating with your friends or family members
As far as you can see, both online and real hartenjagen have their advantages and disadvantages, and it’s up to you to decide which one is better. However, sticking to the golden mean is always the best thing to do.
Jan Kaas is specialized in writing about hartenjagen and hartenjagen online
Klaverjassen – The Most Sociable Card Game
The origins of klaverjassen date back to 1890–95, proclaimed by the Dutch, Swiss, French, and Hungarians. However, klaverjassen is considered to be the Dutch game, widely played throughout Netherlands. When you enter any café or a pub, you often see four people at a table, playing cards and enjoying their time. Most likely, they play klaverjassen, or any of its variations, like Rotterdam or Amsterdam klaverjassen. Most often the variation of the game depends on the city you’re in.
What Are the Rules?
The rules of klaverjassen are pretty simple: it’s a trick-taking game, played by two teams of two payers, who sit opposite each other around the table. The game is played clockwise, with a piquet, a pack of 32 cards (6s are excluded). The aim of the game is to score more points for following the cards of the suit. Therefore, each player tries to win as much suits as he can.
Points are scored in klaverjassen not only for winning the suit, but for the card, which won it. Only the first suit brings 20 points to the winner. Usually, klaverjassen supposes using trumps, hence players should choose it. The most popular method of choosing trumps is when the second player, who is the next sitting clockwise from the dealer, picks a card out of the pack of cards. Thus, the players get trumps. However, the method can be very different depending on the klaverjassen variation.
What Makes You a Good Player
As the rules of klaverjassen are simple and easy to learn, knowing the rules only can’t make you a good klaverjassen player. In fact, you should know much more. You are supposed to know all variations of the game (each variation has its details in rules about using trumps, scoring, etc.) as well as signaling sings. Klaverjassen is played in pairs, so ideally you and your partner should understand each other well even on a distance.
Having your own strategy, some interesting and various experience is always a bonus. However, if you have a properly developed logical thinking and a little bit of time, you are almost guaranteed to become a great klaverjassen player. The only thing to do is to take your chances and play. Enjoy every moment of the game, play for fun, play at home and at social clubs, play with family and friends, and get your qualification of a wonderful klaverjassen player quickly.
Jan Kaas is specialized in writing about klaverjassen and online klaverjassen.
What Are the Rules?
The rules of klaverjassen are pretty simple: it’s a trick-taking game, played by two teams of two payers, who sit opposite each other around the table. The game is played clockwise, with a piquet, a pack of 32 cards (6s are excluded). The aim of the game is to score more points for following the cards of the suit. Therefore, each player tries to win as much suits as he can.
Points are scored in klaverjassen not only for winning the suit, but for the card, which won it. Only the first suit brings 20 points to the winner. Usually, klaverjassen supposes using trumps, hence players should choose it. The most popular method of choosing trumps is when the second player, who is the next sitting clockwise from the dealer, picks a card out of the pack of cards. Thus, the players get trumps. However, the method can be very different depending on the klaverjassen variation.
What Makes You a Good Player
As the rules of klaverjassen are simple and easy to learn, knowing the rules only can’t make you a good klaverjassen player. In fact, you should know much more. You are supposed to know all variations of the game (each variation has its details in rules about using trumps, scoring, etc.) as well as signaling sings. Klaverjassen is played in pairs, so ideally you and your partner should understand each other well even on a distance.
Having your own strategy, some interesting and various experience is always a bonus. However, if you have a properly developed logical thinking and a little bit of time, you are almost guaranteed to become a great klaverjassen player. The only thing to do is to take your chances and play. Enjoy every moment of the game, play for fun, play at home and at social clubs, play with family and friends, and get your qualification of a wonderful klaverjassen player quickly.
Jan Kaas is specialized in writing about klaverjassen and online klaverjassen.
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