Each bid is a number representing the number of tricks that player will try to take.

The bidding in each hand begins with the player to the left of the dealer, then continues clockwise, back around to the dealer, who bids last.

The remaining un-dealt cards are placed in a face down stack with the turned trump on top of it.

The trump suit beats any of the other three suits played in that hand.

The next card is turned face up and the suit of this card is the trump suit for the hand.

The cards are shuffled and the dealer deals the cards singly until everyone has the appropriate number of cards for the hand being played.

The turn to deal rotates clockwise with each hand.

The objective is for each player to bid exactly the number of tricks they think they can take from each hand.

(6+ player games, of course, will have a lower default maximum.)

The minimum number of cards defaults to 1 but can be changed to 3, while the maximum number of cards defaults to 10 but can also be changed.

The default is to start high, go to low, and then back to high again.

Depending on the settings used, the number of cards dealt per hand will either increase or decrease per hand, and may or may not 'rebound' and go the other way afterwards.The game consists of a series of hands.

The cards in each suit rank (from high to low) A ♣ K ♣ Q ♣ J ♣ 10 ♣ 9 ♣ 8 ♣ 7 ♣ 6 ♣ 5 ♣ 4 ♣ 3 ♣ 2 ♣.

The game is best when played with 4 to 6.

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