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Playing the Game
In the first round each player will be dealt 10 cards. For a 10 round game
the number of cards is decremented after each round so that in the last
round each player will have 1 card. A 19 round game follows the same
format as the 10 round game for the first ten rounds. After round 10 the
number of cards for each round is incremented such that in the final round
each player will have 10 cards.
The game is divided into two phases. These are the bidding and the playing
phases.
Bidding
At the start of each round each player is dealt a number of cards and each
player makes a bid. The aim of the bid is to predict the number of tricks
that a person will win in that round. Each player can bid from 0 to the
number of cards held, excluding the last player to bid. He/she is not
allowed to bid such that the total bid adds up to the number of cards
held. E.g If there are 10 cards and each player bids 3, 3, 3 then the last
player to bid cannot bid 1.
Playing
One player designated the lead plays a card. The lead is free to play any
card in his/her hand. Players that follow the lead must play a card in the
suit lead if they hold any cards in that suit. If no card in the suit lead
is held, then any card from his/her hand may be played.
Trumps
Each round is designated as a trump or no-trump round. Trumps will cycle
in the following order: Spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs, no trumps.
Winning a Trick
1. No-Trump round
The winner of a trick is the person who plays the highest card in the suit
lead.
2. Trump round
If no trumps are played, the winner of a trick is the person who plays the
highest card in the suit lead. If any trumps are played, the winner of the
trick is the person who plays the highest trump.
Lead
The lead is the player who has won the previous trick.
Scoring
The user can choose between two versions of scoring.
Score on lost bid
Each player will score 1 point for each trick won. If a player wins the
same number of tricks that he/she bid then he/she will score a bonus of 10
points.
No score on lost bid
Each player will only score points when he/she wins the same number of
tricks that he/she bid. He/she will score 1 point for each trick won, plus
a bonus of 10 points.
The Winner
The winner of the game is the player with the most points after 10 rounds
for a 10 round game, and after 19 rounds for a 19 round game |
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