Interest Groups
Swiss Jass Club
Be part of a game of Swiss-Jass, the classic Swiss card game.
About the Group
Swiss Jass Club
Jass is Switzerland's national card game, played with a 36-card deck. Depending on where you grew up, your cards show Schellen, Schilten, Rosen and Eicheln, or the French suits of hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades. The most popular variant, Schieber, is played by two teams of two.
Our Jass players meet for monthly Jass parties from November through May. Whether you have played since childhood or would like to brush up on the rules, come and join a table.
How to join
Contact Ueli Zaugg at uzaugg@protonmail.com.
Around the table: our Jass parties
Jass Academy
Learn Jass in five minutes a day
Three quick games, ten cards each. Play on your phone, beat your best score, and you'll sit down at your first table already knowing what every card is worth. Switch between French and Swiss-German cards any time.
One card, one question: what is it worth? Learn why the Jack and the 9 are the stars of trump.
Values and melds follow the Arizona Swiss Society rules sheet by Kurt & Susan (January 2023).
Challenge of the Month
Can you solve it?
Challenge · October 2026
Buur and Nell in one trick
Hearts (Roses) are trump. How many points is this trick worth?
A new puzzle every month. Bring your answer to the next Jass night!
Trump: Roses (Rosen)
Jass Nights
Grosi & Me
Young and old at the same table. In Switzerland, Migros Kulturprozent's Generationen-Jass sends experienced players into schools to teach Schieber to children and teens. We borrow the idea for our Jass nights, November through May.
Bring a grandchild, a niece, a neighbour's teenager, or come alone and we'll find you a partner.
Ask about the next Jass night- 1
Pair up across generations
Schieber is played by two teams of two, so every newcomer sits with an experienced partner, a Grosi, a Grossvater or any seasoned player, and learns by playing, not by reading rules.
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Start without trump
The first rounds are Obenabe and Undenufe: no trump to worry about, just high cards (or low cards) win. Trumps, Buur and Nell come in once everyone is comfortable.
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Add the Wiis
Once the tricks feel natural, add the melds: three in a row, four of a kind, Stöck. That's when Jass gets its sparkle.
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Celebrate the first win
Every newcomer takes home a pocket card and the title Jass-Rookie. Next time, they bring a friend.
Take It to the Table
Print, cut, play
Pocket card
Card values, trump and no-trump, and the Wiis on one folded card the size of a credit card. Four to a page.
Open and print →Jasstafel
The Swiss scoreboard with its famous Z, to print and write on, with a short guide to keeping score.
Open and print →Rules sheet
Kurt & Susan's two-page rules for Schieber, Pandur, Bieter, Putzer and Coiffeur, the rules our tables play by.
Open PDF →