In other words, it is lower than the 2 of trump, but higher than any other card. Within each suit, Ace is high, 2 is low (with the Rook exception, below).If the lead card is a trump, then the winning card is the highest card played in the trump suit.If the lead card is not trump, and someone else plays a trump card, then the winning card is the highest card played in the trump suit.If the lead card is not trump, and nobody else plays a trump card, then the winning card is the highest card played in the lead card's suit.The winner of the trick is the person who played the winning card, as determined by the following rules: If a player does not have a card in the suit that was led, then he may play any card in his hand. In other words, a player must play a card in the suit that was led if he has any cards in that suit left. This is called a trick.Īs in most games of this type, all other players must follow suit, if they can. Each player in turn (clockwise) plays a card until all four have played a card. Whoever goes first plays a card (placing it face-up in the center). The person who called trump gets to choose whether he goes first or the person to his left goes first.
The winner of the bid picks up the cards passed to him, and play commences. Players may quietly curse or cheer within reason. All other players may look at the cards passed to them only after they have passed cards.Īfter the cards have been passed, the winner of the bid calls trump. The winner of the bid may not look at the cards passed to him until trump has been called. You may also alternate between passing to the right, to the left, and not passing, as long as the order is regular and agreed upon beforehand.Ī player may not pass any cards that were passed to him. The direction of passing alternates between each hand (right, left, right, left, etc.). The winner and his partner keeps any points that the dropped card may be worth.Īll players must now choose three cards to pass face-down to the opponent on either their left- or right-hand side. This card may be the card from the center. So what keeps people from bidding right up to 200 in order to get to call trump? If after playing the hand, the player who called trump and his partner do not make their bid (in other words, they get fewer points than they bid), then they lose the number of points that they bid.Īfter bidding, the winner of the bid takes the card from the center and drops a card from his hand, placing it face down in front of him. Winning the last trick is worth 20 points.The joker (or "rook") is worth 20 points.There are 200 total points in a hand, broken down as follows: (More on winning points later.) Bidding starts at 70 and increases by 5 each time someone bids again. The winner gets to call trump (but not just yet! First, I must explain bidding a bit more).Ī player's bid signifies the minimum number of points that he believes he and his partner will win in the hand. This process continues until three players have passed the fourth is the winner of the bid. A player who passes may not re-enter the bidding. Starting with the player to the left of the dealer and going around clockwise, each player either makes a bid, or passes. (Don't worry about what the joker (or "rook") means just yet.) Now we are ready to bid.Īfter the cards are dealt, players bid for the right to call trump. Duh.) Arrange your cards in suit order without telling any other player what you have. Deal out the first 52 cards, placing the 53rd face down in the center.
The four players should sit around a card table or suitable substitute, partners sitting across from each other. Variations on Princeton Rules and other variations are listed below.)įirst, the simple and straightforward stuff, for completeness. To differentiate these rules from those of other varieties, I've coined them "Princeton Rules," for that's where I learned to play the game. (NOTE: There are many different varieties of Rook.
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