Before the first trick though, there is an auction to determine which player will choose trumps.
Players bid by laying cards face up on the table.
The two players who, at the end of the auction, have laid the most cards, become the Chief and the Vice, and each chooses one type of card to be trumps. At the end of the game each player scores the number of points on the cards that they have won. In addition, the Chief and their chosen partner have a chance to score extra bonus points. But the more cards the Chief has played during the auction, the harder it becomes to get the bonus points, and if they fail, then the Chief has to pay the consequences. With more than three players, all five colours are used.