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Overview

  • 32 card deck 78910JQKA.
  • 2playersvs2players 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: +38cards 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