Willi Stich
Glossary
- Dealer
- The player who deals the cards in the current round. The role passes clockwise after every round.
- Trump
- The especially strong suit of a round. Every trump card beats every card of another suit.
- Following suit
- Playing a card of the suit that was led. If you can, you must.
- Trick
- One card played by each player; one player wins all cards of the trick.
- Call
- The number of tricks you predict you will take in a round.
- Dealer rule
- The calls must never add up to the number of tricks in a round. The dealer calls last and has to make sure of it.
- Obligation to trump
- Does not exist in Willi Stich: if you can't follow suit, you don't have to trump.
- Obligation to win
- Does not exist in Willi Stich: nobody has to play higher to win the trick.
- Special round
- One of the six rounds with a rule of its own: trump choice (5, 15), no trump (7, 13), blind bid (10), forehead round (19).