Omi
Sri Lanka’s partnership favorite with a 32-card deck. Name trump from four cards, take five of eight tricks, and race to ten tokens. 4 players, in partnerships.
How to play Omi
- 1Four players in two partnerships; partners sit across from each other. Only the 32 cards from 7 up to ace are used, and aces are high.
- 2The dealer gives everyone four cards. The player after the dealer looks at theirs and names any suit as trump, then everyone gets four more.
- 3Whoever named trump leads the first trick. Follow the suit that was led if you can; if not, play any card.
- 4The highest trump wins the trick, or the highest card of the suit led if no trump was played. The winner leads next.
- 5Win at least 5 of the 8 tricks to take the hand. The side that named trump earns 1 token for it; the other side earns 2 for beating them. Taking all 8 tricks earns 3.
- 6If the tricks split four and four, nobody scores, and the side that wins the next hand takes an extra token.
- 7The deal moves on one seat each hand. The first side to 10 tokens wins.
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