Switzerland's partnership jass, where you can pass the choice across the table.
Switzerland's national card game, played in partnerships. Its distinguishing feature is in the name: schieben means to push, and you may hand the choice of trump to your partner.
36 cards — six up to ace in each suit, in Swiss or French suits. Nine cards each.
In trump: jack (the puur) is highest, then the nine (the nell), then ace, king, queen, ten, eight, seven, six. In plain suits: ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine, eight, seven, six.
Trump jack 20, trump nine 14, ace 11, king 4, queen 3, jack 2 in a plain suit, ten 10, and 5 for the last trick. 157 points in a normal hand.
The player whose turn it is names one of the four suits as trump, or one of the special games:
Obenabe — no trump, aces high, and the eights are worth 8 each. Undenufe — no trump, sixes high, running upward.
Or they push, and their partner must choose instead.
Each contract has a multiplier: the four suits from 1 to 3, the no-trump games higher, so the choice is a real gamble.
Sequences of three or more in a suit, and four of a kind, are declared and scored. Only the partnership with the best single declaration scores, and then all of that partnership's declarations count.
Follow suit if you can — except that you may always play a trump instead. Highest trump wins. Game is usually 1000 or 2500 points.