Sole Liability

Sole liability means that 1 player becomes solely responsible for a heavy payment after a dangerous tile has been discarded.

In one-suit play

The source mentions this main form:

a player has tjieuw-tjon in 1 suit

someone then discards a tile of that suit

that tile makes a winning hand of at least Sam Van

Then the discarder has sole liability.

After promotion

There is also a follow-up scenario:

a player promotes the tjieuw-tjon player further, without an immediate win

later the winning tile still falls

Then the liability can shift to the player who gave the last dangerous tile.

With dragons and winds

The same warning also applies to:

2 opened dragons

or poenged winds

The same risk applies there: whoever then discards the next matching dragon or wind may have sole liability.

Settlement

The penalty works like this:

the shooter pays for all players

that is a total of 4 times the number of points

with a self-draw after promotion, the source even speaks of 6 times the number of points plus any extra agreements

Old calculation term from the source

The modern source also uses the word wiel here:

with ordinary full liability: + eventuele een wiel
with self-drawn win after promotion: + eventueel 3 wielen

In this rulebook, wiel means an optional extra payment of 500. If a table plays with that agreement, you therefore add that surcharge on top of the ordinary liability. With 3 wielen, that is 3 x 500.

This page preserves that source explanation as a side rule. The ordinary modern main structure of the rulebook remains: first count the hand, then apply the payments.

Quick check

Sole liability makes 1 player solely responsible.
The warning arises through tjieuw-tjon or a comparable open threat with dragons or winds.
The source treats this as separate penalty logic alongside ordinary settlement.
If you play with wiel, then 1 wiel equals 500.

Sole Liability

In one-suit play

After promotion

With dragons and winds

Settlement

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