Trix
The Levant’s favorite. Own a kingdom of five contracts: dodge the K♥, queens, diamonds and tricks, double to sting the others, then race out from the jacks. 4 players.
How to play Trix
- 1Four players, 13 cards each, aces high. The game is four kingdoms of five hands. Each player in turn owns a kingdom, and must pick each of the five contracts below once, choosing after looking at their cards. The owner leads first.
- 2In the trick contracts you follow suit if you can, the highest card of the suit led wins, and the winner leads next. There are no trumps.
- 3King of Hearts: whoever takes the K♥ loses 75. You can’t lead a heart while you hold another suit, and if you can’t follow suit while holding the K♥ you must throw it.
- 4Queens: −25 for each queen you take. Diamonds: −10 for each diamond you take. Tricks: −15 for every trick you take.
- 5Doubling: in King of Hearts and Queens, before the first card, whoever holds the K♥ or a queen may double it for all to see. A doubled card costs its taker twice as much, and if someone else takes it, the player who doubled it gains the normal amount.
- 6Trix: in turn, starting with the owner, play a jack to begin its suit’s row, or the next card up or down on a row that has begun. Pass only when nothing fits. The first player out scores +200, the second +150, the third +100 and the last +50.
- 7King of Hearts, Queens and Diamonds end early once every card that counts has been taken. After all 20 hands the highest total wins.
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