This repo aims to define rules of card games in an unambiguous way.
- There are four suits/colors, by default in the increasing order
♣️ (clubs)♦️ (diamonds)♥️ (hearts) and♠️ (spades). A helpful way to remember suit order is that they are alphabetical, Clubs - Diamonds - Hearts - Spades. ♣️ and♠️ are black,♦️ and♥️ are red.- There are 13 numbers, by default in the increasing order of 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10- J (jack) - Q (queen) - K (king) - A (ace).
- A standard deck of cards consists of 52 cards. Each card has exactly one number and one color, such that no two distinct cards have exactly the same number and color.
- For a certain suit S, the off-Jack (abbrev. offJ) is the Jack of the color T which is not equal to S, but which is red if S is red and black when S is black.
- The standard direction of play is clockwise (negative direction).
- A person P to the left of a person Q is sitting such that the left side of Q is facing towards P.
- A trick is a set of cards where each player played one card in their turn. To take a trick means to have won that round of play.
- Standard play without trump means that the highest card of the suit led wins.
- Standard play with trump means that the highest trump card wins, and if there is no trump played then the highest card of the suit led wins.
Game name | Number of players |
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Cuttle | 2 |
Durak | 2+ |
Skat | 3 |
Eleusis | 3+ |
Euchre | 4 |
- List of 2-player games: https://www.pagat.com/number/2_players.html
- Online playing (Spades, Euchre, Pitch, Hearts, Whist, 500, Pinochle, Oh Hell, Bridge): https://www.trickstercards.com/