Tarneeb

How to play Tarneeb

1. 1Four players in two partnerships; partners sit across from each other. Everyone gets 13 cards, and aces are high.
2. 2Starting after the dealer, each player gets one chance to bid how many tricks their side will take, from 7 to 13, or to pass. Every bid must be higher than the last. If the first three all pass, the dealer has to bid at least 7.
3. 3The highest bidder names any suit as trump (the tarneeb) and leads the first trick.
4. 4Follow the suit that was led if you can; if not, play anything, trump included. The highest trump wins the trick, or the highest card of the suit led if no trump was played. The winner leads next, and all 13 tricks are played.
5. 5If the bidding side takes at least as many tricks as they bid, they score every trick they took and the other side scores nothing.
6. 6If they fall short, they lose the amount they bid, and the other side scores the tricks they took.
7. 7The first side to reach 31 points wins.

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