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How to play King: rules and scoring

  • 4 players
  • 52-card deck
  • 20 deals

Goal: Have the highest score after 20 deals.

Setup

  • Everyone gets 13 cards.

How to play

  1. Each deal, the player whose turn it is picks the game: trump or a penalty.
  2. In a trump game the chooser names the trump suit, and every trick scores.
  3. Penalties: no tricks, no hearts, no kings or jacks, no queens, king of hearts, and last two tricks.
  4. Each player picks 2 trump and 3 penalty games; each penalty is played at most twice.
  5. You must follow suit.

Scoring

Trump · each trick+50
No tricks · each trick−50
No hearts · each heart−30
No kings/jacks · each one−60
No queens · each queen−100
King of hearts−320
Last two · each trick−180

Winning

After 20 deals, the highest total wins.

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