Gamehelpcalypso

Overview

• Four 52-card decks shuffled together.
• Trick-taking game.
• 4 players in fixed partnerships opposite one another: major suits ​♥ ​♠ vs minor suits ​♣ ​♦.
• Each player is assigned one 'calypso' trump suit.
• Each deal is 52 cards and passes left.
• First deal of a new round is dealt by the previous dealer.
• High ⇨ low: A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2.

Play

• Player left of the dealer leads the first trick.
• Taker leads the next trick.
• Clockwise turn order.
• Must follow suit, else discard (renouncing).
  • If a player renounces, a suit indicator displays this fact for the remainder of the hand.
• Can lead with a trump.
• Following suit is never trumping.
• Highest rank trump wins, else highest rank of the suit led wins.
• With more than one card of the highest rank, the first played wins.

Examples led by North

North ​♠	East ​♣	South ​♥	West ​♦	Winning reason
6♠ Win	5♠	10♠	K♠	highest rank trump ('lead trump')
6♠	5♠	3♥ Win	K♠	highest rank trump ('trumped in')
6♠	5♠	3♥	4♦ Win	highest rank trump ('over trumped')
7♣	9♣	A♣ Win	Q♣	highest rank of suit led
7♣	9♣	A♣ Win	A♣	1st highest rank of suit led
7♣	J♣	6♥ Win	9♣	highest rank trump ('trumped in')
7♣	J♣	6♥ Win	3♦	highest rank trump ('trumped in')
6♥	J♣ Win	K♥	10♥	highest rank trump ('trumped in')
6♥	J♣ Win	K♥	J♦	1st highest rank trump ('trumped in')

Calypsos

• Calypso = 13 cards A ⇨ 2 in a trump suit.
• Taker and partner fill in their calypsos with cards won.
• All other cards face down on their trick-pile.
• Completed calypsos are set aside to start the next calypso.
  • Note: cards in trick piles cannot be used in calypsos.

Scoring

After a round of four hands, players score individually:

• 1st calypso = 500 points.
• 2nd calypso = 750 points.
• 3rd/4th calypso = 1000 points.
• incomplete calypsos = 20 points/card.
• trick piles = 10 points/card.

Partners combine their scores.

Options

Game Length

Standard, short - 1 round (4 hands)

Medium - 2 rounds (8 hands)

Longer - 3 rounds (12 hands)

Full rotation - 4 rounds (16 hands)

• 4 rounds - everyone gets to be first player once

Renounce indicators

Renounce indicators on

• Renounce indicators show suits that players have failed to follow suit to

Renounce indicators off

Partnerships

Random

• Partnerships are allocated randomly

By table order - 1st and 3rd against 2nd and 4th

By table order - 1st and 2nd against 3rd and 4th

By table order - 1st and 4th against 2nd and 3rd

Game log detail

All cards played are entered into the gamelog

Only trick winners are entered into the gamelog