As in all caller games, the Better Caller must announce a King who determines his playing partner. In addition, he must announce at least one Better Piece, with which he must take the ultimate, penultimate, etc. trick according to the rank of the Better Piece. He can select one-half of the uncovered Talon and sort them in his hand. Afterwards, he must deposit three odd cards on his tricks pile. The Talon half left over goes to the opponents at game end.

With the help of the game settings one of two variants for the Better Callers can be selected:

• The Better Caller must announce a Better Piece only after Talon taking. If he finds a lower Better Piece in the talon, he can announce that and thus reduce the risk of loss.
   
• The better caller must announce the Better Piece together with the game before Talon taking. The following announcements are available in this case:
  • Pagat Caller - Better Caller with Tarock-I (Pagat) must take the ultimate trick
  • Qwl Caller - Besser Caller with (Tarock-II) must take the penultimate trick
  • Pelican Caller - Besser Caller with Pelican (Tarock-III) must take the third trick before game end
  • Quapil Caller - Besser Caller with Quapil (Tarock-IV/IIII) must take the fourth trick before game end

If the called King is found within the Talon, he must take that half with the King and play without a partner. Alternatively, he can surrender the game prematurely. Then, depending on the variant, scroring is as follows:

• Did he not announce the Better Piece right with the game, he does not have to announce it any more. The game and a formal announced Pagat will be evaluated as lost.
• If he has announced the Better Piece with the game, the game and the announced Better Piece are counted as lost.

When playing a Better Caller, making the announced Better Piece is more important than winning the game. At the point when the Better Piece must be played, no higher tarock should be left in the opponent hands. In addition, the partner of the declarer should have either no tarocks or a lower tarock than the Better Piece at this point. In case of a Better Piece higher than Pagat, it may happen that, the Better Piece wins the trick even if there are higher tarocks outstanding. Naturally, this happens only if someone else leads a fitting color card at this point. Anyway, the declarer and his partner must do their best to reduce the tarocks of the opponents. The easiest way to do this is playing tarocks in this way: One partner leads a lower tarock and the other partner overtrumps high. The partner of the declarer should play tarock whenever possible as long as the announced goal seems to be achievable.