The dealer shuffles the cards, then an opposing player cuts the deck. The deck is placed in the center of the table. The dealer draws the first card and, going counter-clockwise, each player draws a card in turn until all players have 12 cards. This then determines trump suit. If there are two cards that are the highest, then the first card drawn becomes the trump suite.
Game then proceeds from that point.
Whenever they lose control, the new dealer becomes the person to the right of the most recent dealer. The dealer starts by playing a card from his hand. All players have to follow suit unless they are out of that suit, in which case they may play any of their cards. If a trump card is led, all players have to follow with a trump card if they have one, but if they are out of trump, they may play any card. This gives a total point count of 100 points.