Kitty
Bid for the kitty, name trump, and catch the Cat. 4 players, in partnerships.
How to play Kitty
- 1Partners sit opposite. The deck has four colors (red, green, yellow, black) numbered 5 to 14, plus the Cat. Everyone gets nine cards and five go face down to the kitty.
- 2Bidding starts left of the dealer at 70 and rises in steps of 5 up to 140. Once you pass you're out. If the first three players pass, the last player must bid 70.
- 3The winner picks up the kitty, puts back any 5 cards except the Cat, and names a trump color.
- 4The Cat is the lowest trump and counts as part of the trump color, so you play it like any other trump. 14 is the highest card in each color.
- 5The bidder leads. Follow the color led if you can; otherwise play anything. The highest trump wins, or the highest card of the color led.
- 6Points: each 5 is worth 5, each 10 and 14 is worth 10, and the Cat is worth 20. The last trick earns 20 more, plus any points put back in the kitty (140 in all).
- 7If the bidding team reaches its bid it scores everything it took; otherwise it loses the bid. The other team always scores what it took. First team to 500 wins; the bidding team goes out first.
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