In the options window, there is a button named ‘Edit...’. When this button is pressed a window will appear in which you can add, edit or remove variations. However only the variation the user adds can be edited, The first two (regular and ‘van Eer-Maas) are read-only.
Adding a new variation
A new variation can be created by pressing the ‘new’-button. A new variation named ‘new’ will be added to the list of variations. The next step is setting the rules to the desired values. When finished the ‘save’-button can be pressed and the variation is saved.
Editing a variation
First select the variation which you want to edit by clicking on it with the left mousebutton. Remember that the first two variations (regular and ‘van Eer-Maas) can’t be edited or deleted. Then the rules of the selected variation can be changed. The changes can be saved by pressing the ‘save’-button.
Deleting a variation
A variation can be delete by selecting it in the list. When a variation is selected the ‘delete’-button will be enabled, except when you select the first two variations which are read-only.
Variation rules
The following rules can be set:
Fire
Three aces are 32 pointsWhen a player collects three aces, they aren’t worth 30½ points but 32 points. Sometimes this hand is also called ‘Fire’ and has a higher value than a hand with 31 points.
All players loose a markWhen this rule is activated all players will receive a mark when one player has three aces. So it doesn’t matter how many points the other players have, the will all receive a mark. This rule can only be activated if the previous rule is also active.
Tie
Never with 30½In case the lowest hand has 30½ points and more players have this amount of points, only the player with the lowest cardvalue will receive a mark. When this rule is active a hand with three kings has a higher value than a hand with three sevens.
Never with lowest handIf two hands have the same score, a combination in a higher suit beats an equal scoring combination in a lower suit. The suits are ranked in descending order as: clubs, spades, hearts and diamonds.
Marks
Number of marksWith this rule the number of marks can be set. The number of marks must be between 1 and 4 marks.
Included bonus markWhen this rule is active the first player which has reached the maximum number of marks gets a bonus mark. This means he can play further. After that all players who reach the maximum amount of marks will be out of the game immediately. This rule can only be applied with three marks or less.
One turn allowed after passWhen this rule is applied all players have just one turn left if one player passes. If the rule isn’t applied all players can keep changing cards until only one players hasn’t passed yet. This player has only one turn left if all other players have already passed.
Always a winnerIt is possible that two players in the final round get their final mark in the same round so that no player will win eventually. If this rule is active then this isn’t possible because when this event occurs both player won’t receive that final mark so the can play another round.