Other Card Games
Pinochle
Pinochle (sometimes Pinochle or Penuchle), is a trick-taking game typically for two, three or four players and played with a 48 card deck. Derived from the card game Bezique, players score points by trick-taking and also by forming combinations of cards into melds. Each hand is played in three phases: bidding, melds, and tricks. A Pinochle deck consists of two copies of each of the 9, 10, jack, queen, king, and ace cards of all four suits. Aces are always considered high. Pinochle follows the standard card ordering with the exception of the 10 being second highest. The complete ordering from highest to lowest is A, 10, K, Q, J, 9.
The game is played with one Pinochle deck of 48 cards; one player is the dealer.The dealer distributes all the cards in partnership Pinochle.
Players bid for the points they predict their hand could earn. The highest bidder earns the right to declare the trump suit. One of the players, usually the player to the left of the dealer, or the dealer them self, is obligated to open with a first bid. When a player has the turn to bid, the player may make a new bid, or pass.
Each bid must be greater than the previous one, and be a multiple of 10. When a player passes, they can no longer bid. The auction ends when subsequent players in rotation have passed after the last bid. The last bid becomes the contract. The player that made this final bid will then declare trump in the suit that is desired. In some house rules, trump cannot be declared in any suit not containing a run, marriage or dix meld.
In order to win the hand, the combined total of melding and trick points must be equal to or greater than the winning bid. Thus bidding involves anticipating the points that will be accumulated from melds and from the points accumulated from winning tricks. If the combined score is lower than the bid, then the bidding team or player has been set. This means that the total bid amount is subtracted from the total game score, often accompanied by losing the points scored in meld for that hand as well. This can result in a negative score
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Rook
The game Rook was first created by Parker Brothers, as a game that would rival the appeal of Bridge. The Rook cards were introduced in the early 20th century for the benefit of members of certain Protestant sects that considered playing cards to be sinful. Parker Brothers filled the void with a game that was played like cards but did not use the standard playing-card deck.
The basic deck consists of 56 cards in four suits, or colors: black, red, yellow, and green. Each suit has 14 cards. Additionally, a Rook Bird card is included. The Rook Bird card features a picture of a rook and is generally used as a joker.
Official rules for Tournament Rook
Kentucky Discard is the version of Rook played at most Rook tournaments and clubs, and is a partnership game for four players.
The object of the game is to be the first team to reach 300 points by capturing cards with a point value in tricks. If both teams have over 300 points at the end of a round, the team with the higher point total wins. Only certain cards have a point value. These are known as counters. Each 5 is worth 5 points, each 10 and 14 is worth 10 points, and the Rook Bird card is worth 20 points.
The 1s, the 2s, the 3s, and the 4s should be removed from the deck, and the Rook Bird card should be added, for a total of 41 cards. Players are dealt nine with 5 cards in the (the nest).
After the deal, players bid in increments of 5 points for the privilege of naming the trump suit. Bidding starts with the player to the left of the dealer and passes clockwise. The minimum bid is 70 points, and the maximum is 120 points (the number of points a team would make if they captured all the counters in the game). If a player chooses not to increase the bid, he may pass to the next player. A player that has passed may not make another bid for the round. The high bidder adds the five cards of the nest to his or her hand, then lays any five cards to the side. The high bidder then names the trump suit.
After the trump suit has been named, the player to the left of the dealer leads and play proceeds clockwise. If a player has no cards of the leading suit, he or she may play any other card, including the Rook Bird card or a card of the trump suit. The highest card of the leading suit takes the trick, unless a trump card is played, in which case the highest trump card takes the trick.
The person who takes the trick leads in the next trick. The player that takes the last trick in a round captures the nest and scores any counters in it.
The Rook Bird card is the highest trump card in the game. It takes any trick in which it is played. You may play the Rook Bird card at any time, even if you are able to follow suit. It is the only card that may be played this way. If the Rook Bird card is led, all other players must play a trump card, if they have one. If the trump suit is led, and you have no other trump card, you must play the Rook Bird card.
When all possible tricks have been taken, each team adds the counters it captured. If the bidding team failed to make the number of points bid, the team loses a number of points equal to the amount of the bid, and does not make any points for counters captured in the round. The opposing team receives points for any counters they captured. The first team to reach 300 points is the winner.
Play Rook online at
- duelboard.com Play Rook online
- gameland.com Play Rook online (under the name Crow)
- Mystic Island Play Parrot: (A Game Similar to ROOK)
- Rook Online - a new site
Tien Len
Tien Len, meaning "Go Forward", is a card game that is considered the national game of Vietnam. The game is a climbing card game with the goal of getting rid of all of your cards by beating your opponents combination of cards. A variation of Tien Lien is big 2. Also called Thirteen (Thirteen is a generalization name for any card game with four players in which each player gets thirteen cards), or Killer in other areas of the world, Tien len is intended for up to 4 players, though modifications to the rules can allow for 2-3 players. Also known as Viet Cong, (Vietnamese Cards, or just plain "VC"), or "Up The Hill" in the United States.
Details on how to play are at Wikipedia and Vinagames, and Datviet.
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