🃏 Game 28
Trick-taking · 4 players · 2 teams · Classic South Indian card game
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How to Play
🏆 Objective
Win 6 game points (or the target) before the other team. Teams bid on tricks and must score at least their bid to earn points.
- 4 players in 2 teams (A & B)
- Seats 0 & 2 form Team A; seats 1 & 3 form Team B
- First team to reach the target wins
- A round = one full set of 8 tricks
🃏 Cards & Points
Only 8 ranks are used (J, 9, A, 10, K, Q, 8, 7). Card points are counted when you win a trick.
- Jack = 3 points
- Nine = 2 points
- Ace = 1 point, Ten = 1 point
- K, Q, 8, 7 = 0 points
- Total points in the deck = 28
🎯 Bidding
Each player gets 4 cards to bid on. Bid how many card points your team will win. Highest bidder wins; remaining 4 cards are dealt after.
- Bid from 14 (minimum) up to 28
- First bidder must open — cannot pass
- Partner rule: must bid 20+ to outbid your own partner
- Bid winner secretly chooses a trump suit
- Bidding 28 = Thani — instant bid win, highest stakes
🔄 Playing Tricks
Follow the lead suit if you have it. The highest card of the lead suit wins — unless trump is revealed.
- Trump beats any non-trump card
- Bid winner cannot voluntarily lead trump
- To reveal trump: be void in lead suit, then ask for trump
- Once trump is revealed, it applies for the rest of the round
📊 Scoring
After all 8 tricks, compare the bid team's card points against their bid to award game points.
- Bid met: +1 game point (bid ≥ 20: +2 pts)
- All 28 points won — Thani!: +3 game points
- Thani declared but failed: opposing team gets 3 game points
- Bid failed: defending team gets the game points
- First team to the target score wins the game!
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