Polignac
The old French game of dodging jacks. Every jack you take costs a point, and the jack of spades costs two. 3–6 players.
How to play Polignac
- 1An old French game where nobody wants the jacks. It uses the 32 cards from 7 up to ace, ranked ace high. Four players get eight cards each; with three, five or six players the two black sevens are left out and the rest dealt evenly.
- 2There are no trumps. The player left of the dealer leads. Follow the suit led if you can, or else play anything. The highest card of the suit led takes the trick, and its taker leads next.
- 3Every jack in a trick you take costs you 1 point. The jack of spades, the Polignac itself, costs 2.
- 4Get rid of your jacks by playing them under a higher card, or by dropping them on a trick when you can't follow suit. High cards are what catch jacks, so shed them when a trick is safe.
- 5Points add up from hand to hand, and the deal passes left. When anyone reaches 15, the lowest score wins.
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