Editing Trick-taking game (section)

== Examples ==
Trick-taking games may be divided into point-trick games and plain-trick games. Examples of each are as follows:

=== Point-trick games ===
Point-trick game are those in which win or loss is determined by the total value of the "counters" in the tricks.<ref name="parlett,2008,644–645">{{harvnb|Parlett|2008|pages=644–645}}.</ref> The counters are cards with a point value, sometimes referred to as "card points" to avoid confusion with "game points" awarded for winning the game and/or bonuses.

Examples include:

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* [[Bavarian Tarock]]
* [[Belote]]
* [[Bézique]]
* [[Binokel]]
* [[Briscola]]
* [[Clabber]]
* [[Doppelkopf]]
* [[Jass]]
* [[Schafkopf]]
* [[Schnapsen]] or [[Sixty-six (card game)|Sixty-six]]
* [[Skat (card game)|Skat]]
* [[Tarock (card games)|Tarock]] games ([[French tarot]], [[Königrufen]], [[Zwanzigerrufen]], etc.)
* [[Trappola]] (Bulka)
* [[Sheng ji]]

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=== Plain-trick games ===
Plain-trick games are those in which the outcome is determined by the number of tricks taken, regardless of their content.<ref name="parlett,2008,644–645"/>

Examples of plain-trick games include:

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* [[Boston (card game)|Boston]]
* [[Bridge (card game)|Bridge]]
* [[Écarté]]
* [[Ombre]], [[Bête]], and [[Quadrille (card game)|Quadrille]]
* [[Piquet]]
* [[Préférence]]
* [[Solo Whist]]
* [[Tippen]]
* [[Watten (card game)|Watten]]
* [[Whist]]

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In games that consist of several successive, different, trick-taking contracts, such as Herzeln or Quodlibet, it is not possible to categorise them as either point- or plain-trick games.

=== Last trick games ===
In a very few games the aim is to win the last trick. These include:

* [[Agram (card game)|Agram]]
* [[Femkort]]
* [[Letzter Stich]]
* [[Toepen]]

=== Trick-avoidance games ===
Trick-avoidance games are those in which the aim is to avoid taking certain tricks or to avoid taking all tricks. [[Misère|Misere]] or [[Bettel (cards)|bettel]] are contracts in which the declarer undertakes to win no tricks. There are also contracts like Piccolo in the game of [[Königrufen]], in which the aim is to take only one trick. Examples include:

* [[Bassadewitz]]
* [[Grasobern]]
* [[Hearts (card game)|Hearts]]
* [[Polignac (card game)|Polignac]]
* [[Slobberhannes]]