[3] It was thought by Mayr and Sedlaczek to be extinct but, in 2009 when the two Tarock authors were guests on an ORF radio programme, players from Vienna called in who confirmed they still played the game.

[4] It is sometimes called Point Tarock[5][6] which, however, is a different, probably extinct, game, albeit a close cousin.

Although it has "a reputation for being a little more convoluted than the others", Furr maintains that this is not so, but recommends that players become familiar with Tapp Tarock before attempting this game.

[8] These games have been featured in literature such as Herzmanovsky-Orlando's Masquerade of the Genii and Johann Nestroy's Zu ebener Erde und im ersten Stock.

After the Second World War, Löw printed a similar set of rules in 1954 under the name of Point Tarock.

[13] Other versions are recorded by Grupp (1974), Alscher (2004), Bamberger (2011), Mayr and Sedlaczek (2015) and Stöckl (2019).

"[3] As Mayr and Sedlaczek explain, "the term 'illustrated' describes those card games that offer additional options of play.

An overview of rule sets showing the three main stages of development are given below.

If held, the second player may take it over again by saying "retake" (zweite Ablösung), in which case the game value rises to 5.

In addition, once a player announces a Solo the auction ends immediately; there is no option to take it over or hold.

The bid winner becomes the declarer and exposes the talon (except in a Solo) without changing the card order.

Each defender may also announce a Pagat or Uhu, the bonus counting to the individual, not the team.

Card points are added up using the usual Tarock scoring system (see above).

If the declarer loses, the defenders score the game value plus undershoot points plus any bonuses.

The possible bonuses are summarised in the table below: The rules given here were first published by Fritz Beck in 1956 and reprinted into the 1980s.

Before the auction (Lizitation), players examine their cards to decide whether they will bid.

As before, there are four positive contracts: Dreiblatt, Zweiblatt, Einblatt and Solo, all with a basic game value of 3.

The bidding process is as before with the following exceptions: only the lowest bid of Dreiblatt may be 'taken over' (das Spiel lösen = 'take over the game') by an announcement of Unterer and this may only happen once, raising the game value to 4.

If all pass, the cards are redealt; alternatively players may agree to play a Trischaken (see below).

The defenders, in clockwise order, must now say "good" (gut) to each announcement or "contra" if they wish to challenge it.

If the led suit cannot be followed, a tarock must be played if possible, otherwise any card may be thrown.

The multiplier, M, is given in the contract table and is the same as with Löw: Dreier: x 1, Zweier: x 2, Einser: x 3 and Solo: x 4.

There are four positive bids: Dreiblatt, Zweiblatt, Einblatt and Solo with a different set of game values again: 3, 5, 7 and 10.

The bid winner becomes the declarer, makes any pre-pickup announcements, exposes the talon (except in a Solo) and exchanges in the normal way.

A contra to the game also applies to overshoot or undershoot points.1 "Without Trull" and "without Kings" are not obligatory.

If either is announced before pickup and fails when the talon is exposed, the bonus is lost but the game continues.

Valat is when a player wins all the tricks in a game and is not allowed in some rule variants.

However, in a game of three players, there is very rarely a distribution of cards that enables a silent Valat to be achieved.