Manille
Belgian partnership game where the ten tops every suit. The dealer names trump or no trump, the other side may double, and every point over 30 counts. 4 players, in partnerships.
How to play Manille
- 1A partnership game from Belgium and the north of France, for four players: partners sit across from each other.
- 2Play with 32 cards, seven up to ace in each suit. Everyone gets eight cards.
- 3The ten, called the manille, is the top card of every suit. Below it come ace, king, queen, jack, nine, eight and seven.
- 4Once they've seen their cards, the dealer names trump: one of the suits, or no trump at all. Or they can leave the choice to their partner, who then has to make it.
- 5The other side may then double the stakes: first the player after the dealer, then the player before the dealer. If they double, whoever named trump may double once more.
- 6The player after the dealer leads first. Follow the suit led if you can. If you can't and the other side is winning the trick, you must play a trump, higher than any trump already in it if you can (if you can't go higher, play anything). If your partner is winning, play anything.
- 7The highest trump takes the trick, or else the highest card of the suit led. The winner leads next.
- 8Only the cards your side takes count: tens 5, aces 4, kings 3, queens 2, jacks 1. That makes 60 in all.
- 9The side with more than 30 scores what it took over 30. That counts double with no trump, and doubles again for each double. At 30 each, nobody scores.
- 10The first side to reach 101 wins.
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