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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.

Definitions

Belote: the 1st Q or K of the trump suit.

Rebelote: the 2nd Q or K of the trump suit.

Dix de Der: take the last trick of a hand (+10 points).

Capot: take all tricks of a hand (+90 points).

Attacking team: team with the player who took the bidding card.

Defending team: team without the player who took the bidding card.

Contract: scoring of the hand.

Contention: points tie at the end of a hand. Winner of the next hand gains the attacking team's points.

Taker: the player who wins the trick.

Trump: a suit that wins against any other suit.

Scoring

Rank	J	9	A	10	K	Q	8	7
Trump value	20	14	11	10	4	3	0
All trump value	13	9	6	5	3	2

Rank	A	10	K	Q	J	9	8	7
Non-trump value	11	10	4	3	2	0
No trump value	19

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.

Options

Game length

Classic (1000 points)

Half-game (500 points)

One round

Teams

By table order: 1st/3rd vs. 2nd/4th

By table order: 1st/2nd vs. 3rd/4th

By table order: 1st/4th vs. 2nd/3rd

Random

Turn order

Counterclockwise

Clockwise

All trumps / No trumps