Overview

• 32 card deck 78910JQKA.
• 👤2playersvs👤2players trick-taking game.
• Teammates cannot communicate during the game.
• First team to score ≥ 1000 points wins.
• Counter-clockwise turn order.
• Taker adds the card values to their team's score in each hand.

Scoring

Bidding

• ✋5cards in hand/👤​players
• 1 card (of the remaining 12) is turned face-up.
• Bidding ends when a player takes the face-up card.
• Player to the right of the dealer leads.
• Players take turns to pass or take the face-up card:
  • 1st round: face-up card suit is the trump suit.
  • 2nd round: choose the trump suit.
  • All / No Trumps: 3rd round: choose all trumps or no trumps.
• If all players pass, the cards are re-dealt and the dealer changes.
• The remaining deck is dealt: +3 ⇨ ✋8cards in hand/👤​players.

Playing

• 8 tricks/hand.
• Player to the right of the dealer leads 1st trick.
• Players take turns to play a card:
  • Must follow suit, else
  • must play a higher trump if their team has not played the strongest trump, else
  • must discard.
• Taker gains points for every card.
• Taker leads the next trick.

Bonus points

• Dix de Der: take the last trick of a hand (+10 points).
• Capot: take all tricks of a hand (+90 points, total 252 points).
• Belote-Rebelote: A single player who plays both Q and K of a trump suit gains 20 points for their team.
  • All trumps: a hand can have up to 4 belote-rebelote pairs (+20 points each).
• If the attacking team has fewer points than the defending team, they lose the contract.
  • Attacking team: +0 points.
  • Defending team: +162 points.
• If the teams are tied on points, there is a Contention:
  • Defending team immediately gains their points.
  • Winner of the next hand gains the attacking team's points.
    • Excludes Belote-Rebelote points.

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