Mendikot

How to play Mendikot

1. 1Four players in two partnerships; partners sit across from each other. Everyone gets 13 cards, and aces are high.
2. 2The tens are what count. Your side wins the hand by taking three or all four of them in its tricks. If each side has two, the side with seven or more tricks wins.
3. 3The player after the dealer leads the first trick. Everyone must follow the suit that was led if they can.
4. 4There is no trump at the start. The first time someone can't follow suit, the card they play makes its suit trump for the rest of the hand, starting with that trick.
5. 5The highest trump wins the trick, or the highest card of the suit led if no trump was played. The winner leads the next trick.
6. 6Winning a hand scores 1 point. Taking all four tens (mendikot) scores 2, and taking all 13 tricks scores 3.
7. 7The side that lost deals the next hand.
8. 8The first side to reach 5 points wins.

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