Toepen
The Dutch pub game where only the last trick counts. Knock to raise the stake and dare everyone to stay in. 2–8 players.
How to play Toepen
- 1A short deck: 7 to ace in each suit, 32 cards. Within a suit the 10 is the best card, then 9, 8, 7, ace, king, queen, and the jack is the lowest. Everyone still in gets 4 cards.
- 2The player left of the dealer leads. Follow the suit led if you can, or else play any card. The best card of the suit led takes the trick, and its player leads the next one.
- 3Only the 4th and last trick counts. Whoever takes it wins the round, and everyone else still playing takes penalty points equal to the stake, which starts at 1.
- 4On your turn, before you play a card, you may knock to raise the stake by 1. Each other player then chooses: stay in at the new stake, or fold right away and take the old stake as penalty points. If everyone folds, the knocker wins the round.
- 5You can't knock twice in a row: someone else has to knock in between. The stake tops out at 10. A card played by someone who then folds can't take the trick.
- 6Reach 10 penalty points and you're out. The last player still in wins.
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